Often Change Partners, These 4 Pickpockets Have Tricks So You Don't Know Their Movements

Police hold a pickpocket case that often acts at the Pasar Rebo Flyover, East Jakarta/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - A group of pickpocket specialists at the Pasar Rebo Flyover, Ciracas District, East Jakarta with the initials AK, AS, BW and PS was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Ciracas Police. While one other person with the initials IB is still at large.

The arrests of the perpetrators began with a report from a community named Maysilena to the Ciracas Police that the location was prone to theft of mobile phone pickpocket mode.

The police then conducted a crime scene (TKP) and looked for evidence.

After getting information on the characteristics of the perpetrators and evidence, the perpetrators were arrested in several different locations.

"From our investigation, it turns out that the perpetrators have carried out theft dozens of times in the same location (the Pasar Rebo Flyover)," said Ciracas Police Chief Kompol Jupriono when contacted by VOI, Wednesday, October 13.

From the gang, the police confiscated 9 units of mobile phones of various brands. A number of cellphones have not been sold by the perpetrators for certain reasons.

"The targets of the perpetrators are users of public transportation carrying bags. The mode is approaching the victim, then diverting the victim by pretending to help the victim, then other groups of perpetrators carry out pickpocketing actions," explained the police chief.

These gangs are always in action under the Pasar Rebo Flyover. They often change partners so that their actions are not suspected by other public transport passengers.

"A group of five people, working changing partners at least three. One of the four perpetrators is a recidivist of a similar case. The perpetrators are charged with Article 363 paragraph 1 letter 4e with a threat of 7 years in prison," he said.

The police chief appealed that his party promised to increase uniformed police patrols and place members in casual clothes in crime-prone locations.

"We urge all residents to remain vigilant, and to secure their property so that there is no opportunity for crime to occur," he said.