Police Chased 5 Months, Indramayu Police Finally Arrested Yandi, Inmate Who Escaped From Class II B Prison

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INDRAMAYU - Indramayu Class II B prison inmate Yandi aka Degod (29) has been arrested by the Indramayu Police Criminal Investigation Unit in Bongas District, Indramayu Regency, West Java, since Sunday, August 22, at around 19.00 WIB.

The young man from Sukagumiwang Village, Sukagumiwang District, Indramayu Regency, was arrested by the police after escaping from Class II B Prison Indramayu in March 2021 or five months ago.

Indramayu Police Chief, AKBP M Lukman Syarif, through the Indramayu Police Criminal Investigation Unit Head, AKP Luthfi Olot Gigantara, confirmed the arrest of a prisoner who escaped from Class II B Indramayu Prison.

Police Chief explained that the Indramayu Police Criminal Investigation Unit, upon receiving a report of an escaped prisoner in March, conducted an investigation and ransacked the house suspected of being his hiding place.

The place, said Kasat, is in the areas of Jakarta, Pamanukan, Indramayu, and Brebes. "However, Yandi was not arrested", said Police Chief via text message, Tuesday, August 24.

However, continued Police Chief, his staff did not lose heart and continued to hunt Yandi. Finally, he managed to catch Yandi in the house he used to hide in Bongas District.

"Members while at Yandi's hiding place found several other pieces of evidence allegedly related to criminal acts, in the form of a set of letter T keys, three cellphones, and two wallets", he said.

The man who fled while serving his sentence in the case of the theft of a four-wheeled motorized vehicle was then taken by the Indramayu Police Headquarters for questioning.

"From his confession, when he ran away he lived at his uncle's house in Brebes Regency, Central Java. Yandi had already served 4 (recidivist) prison sentences in the case of stealing and stealing", he said.

After being questioned, he continued, Yandi was handed back to the Class II B Indramayu Prison for further processing.