Decreasing PPKM Level, Causes Crime In Bogor To Increase

15 suspected brawlers in Bogor City/ Photo: Antara

BOGOR – 15 suspects were arrested by the Bogor City Police (Polresta) for being involved in a brawl. The arrests were made at eight different locations. The police identified 4 out of 15 perpetrators involved in cases of violent theft (curas).

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Bogor City Police, Kompol Dhony Erwanto, said that the increase in criminal cases in the city of Bogor in the past month was probably due to the euphoria of community activities after the easing of the status of restrictions on community activities (PPKM) from level 4 to level 3.

According to Dhony Erwanto, the previous month, his team at the Bogor City Police Satreskrim also carried out security against criminals. However, the number of suspects and cases is not as much as this month.

Most of the brawl suspects are teenagers, some are even under 17 years old.

They often gather in various locations in the city of Bogor.

Several sharp weapons were confiscated from the suspects, namely sickles, swords, machetes, machetes, sickles, sharp iron plates, and golf handles.

"Fights are generally carried out at night, although there are also during the day," he said.

Of the 15 suspects who were arrested, four suspects were perpetrators of violent theft cases, namely motorbike robbers located on Jalan Haji Juanda, Bogor City.

According to Dhony Erwanto, the theft of a motorcycle by four suspects with the initials IZ (20), AA (20), N (18), and TP (20) resulted in two victims being injured.

It happened in the early hours of the morning when the victim was riding a motorcycle, suddenly another motorcyclist nearby was also riding in the same boat and the person on the ride brandished a sickle.

The victim who became panicked tried to run away by turning around. However, the perpetrator pursued and managed to injure the back of the victim who was being ridden.