Police Arrest Motorcycle Thief In Tambora Who Had Viral On Social Media

Agung, a suspected motorcycle thief belonging to his friend in Tambora/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The theft of a motorbike that had gone viral on social media Instagram was successfully revealed by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Tambora Police.

The suspect, Agung alias AP (22) did not move when he was arrested by members of the buser of the Tambora Police. The suspect was arrested by the police in the Tambora area, West Jakarta.

When he was arrested, the man, a resident of Karang Anyar, Sawah Besar, could only surrender and bowed low when he was taken by the police to the Tambora Police.

In this action, AP is known to have tried to steal the motorbike of a friend named Umar who was working on Jalan Gedong Panjang, Pekojan, Tambora, West Jakarta.

Luckily, the incident was caught on CCTV cameras around the scene. So that police officers and victims of motorcycle owners can identify the characteristics of the perpetrators.

"The perpetrators were arrested based on their characteristics. The perpetrators and the evidence were secured to the Tambora Police for further development," said Tambora Police Chief Kompol M Faruk Rozi when contacted by VOI, Monday, September 20.

The police chief explained that the theft began when the perpetrator was working with the victim. Then the perpetrator saw the motorcycle key (victim) placed on the butcher's table.

At that time, the victim's motorbike was parked in the employee parking lot.

"The perpetrator's action was caught on a CCTV camera, but the perpetrator's face was covered by a jacket or sweater," he said.

Based on the characteristics of the perpetrator's clothes and his movements, the police managed to make an arrest.

"To account for his actions, the perpetrators were charged with Article 362 of the Criminal Code," he said.