Snatching Doctor's Bag In Ucok Durian Medan, One Of The Perpetrators Shot Dead By Police For Trying To Seize Guns

MEDAN - Police arrested 5 perpetrators who snatched doctor Renata Nainggolan (51) on Jalan KH Wahid Hasyim, Medan City, to be exact in front of Ucok Durian. During the arrest, the police shot and killed a perpetrator named M Riski Agung (21).

Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit at the Medan Police, Kompol M Firdaus, said the five perpetrators arrested were M Riski Agung (21), Fauzan Akbar (22), Boy Sitorus (26), Aris and Adit.

The mugging started when the victim just got out of his car carrying a bag and was about to enter the culinary location of Ucok Durian.

"Suddenly 2 perpetrators riding motorbikes grabbed the victim. The perpetrators who were on the back, immediately took the victim's bag," said Kompol Firdaus, Friday, February 18.

Kompol Firdaus explained that while snatching and running away, the actions of the two perpetrators were caught on CCTV and eventually went viral on social media.

"Due to this incident, the victim suffered a loss of Rp. 1 million in cash, 1 unit of mobile phone, ID card and ATM card. The victim then made a report to the Medan Baru Police," he explained.

The police immediately launched an investigation and identified the perpetrators. From the results of the investigation, the two perpetrators were part of a band of robbers.

"They acted 4 people, while the suspect Boy as a collector of the robbery," he said.

After that, the police received information on the whereabouts of the suspect Agung on Jalan Captain Sumarsono, Medan Helvetia District. The police then arrested Agung on Thursday, February 17th.

"During interrogation, the perpetrator admitted that he had acted with his friends, Aris, Fauzan and Adit. Later, development was carried out and the police arrested Fauzan on Jalan Setia Budi," he explained.

Kompol Firdaus added that the suspects Aris and Adit had already been arrested by the Sunggal Police in the case of violent theft.

Based on the results of the interrogation, the perpetrators divided the roles. Some are watching, some are acting.

Meanwhile, the stolen evidence has been sold to the suspect Boy who is on Jalan Medan-Binjai KM 12.5.

"As a result, the officers immediately arrested Boy," he said.

Furthermore, officers developed this case by bringing the suspects Fauzan and Agung to show the whereabouts of the motorbike they used to snatch the robbery.

At that time, the suspects Agung and Fauzan tried to seize police firearms. The police were forced to shoot Agung and hit his left chest and Fauzan's left leg was also shot by officers.

"Arriving at the hospital, the perpetrator's life can no longer be saved," he said.

From the results of the investigation, Firdaus said, it turned out that Agung had acted 18 times in the Medan City area.