Toy Gun Capital, Two Youths In Mataram Successfully Gondol Motor

Evidence (Photo: Antara)

MATARAM - The Puma Team of the Mataram City Police, West Nusa Tenggara, arrested two suspected vehicle thieves who carried out their crime by scaring the victim with a toy gun.

"So after we checked, the gun that we suspect was used by the two perpetrators in this action was just a toy. It looks like a firearm, but it's actually a gas lighter," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Mataram Police, Kompol Kadek Adi Budi Astawa in Mataram, reported by Antara, Friday, 3 September.

The two suspected vehicle thieves in the parking area of the Bertais shopping complex, Mataram City, had the initials JS (34) and SH (46). The two men were from Kuripan, West Lombok Regency.

The identity of the two perpetrators was revealed, he said, based on the victim's report. As a follow-up, the evidence found in the field pointed to both of them as perpetrators of theft.

The arrest, explained Kadek Adi, took place on Wednesday, September 1 afternoon. From the results of a search of the homes of the two perpetrators, the police found a two-wheeled vehicle which allegedly belonged to the victim of the crime scene at the Bertais Shopping Complex.

"So the victim's vehicle has not been sold, but we find it neatly stored in the house," he said.

The certainty of the vehicle belonging to the victim is confirmed by checking the frame and engine numbers in accordance with the original vehicle registration number (STNK).

In addition, other pieces of evidence were found that corroborate the role of the two, among others, a metal T-shaped which is suspected to have been used by both of them to damage the key house of the victim's vehicle.

"A dagger that they used to fight the officers who came to make arrests at his house was also secured. So the scars on the legs of the perpetrators are part of the strict action of the police in the field," he said.