The Duren Sawit Jambret Which Went Viral On Social Media Was Successfully Apprehended With The Help Of CCTV

JAKARTA - The Duren Sawit Police Criminal Investigation Unit arrested two perpetrators of the Tea Dora robbery (47), a middle-aged woman that occurred on Jalan Swakarsa IVa, RT 03/02, Pondok Kelapa Village, Duren Sawit District, East Jakarta.

The robbery of the two perpetrators was also caught on CCTV cameras and went viral on social media. The arrests of the two perpetrators were carried out in two different locations.

A robber with the initials JY was first arrested by members of the Duren Sawit Police Buser on Jalan Rawa Jaya, RT 07/04, Pondok Kopi Village, Duren Sawit District, East Jakarta on Tuesday, April 5, evening, at around 23.50 WIB.

From the arrest of suspect JY, the police continued to develop the case and arrested another suspect with the initials A on Jalan Rawadas RT 01/03, Pondok Kopi Village, Duren Sawit District, Wednesday 6 April, early in the morning, at around 00:40 WIB.

For further processing, the two suspects and evidence were taken to the Duren Sawit Police.

The Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit (Reskrim) of the East Jakarta Metro Police AKBP Ahsanul Muqaffi explained that the attempted cell phone snatching incident occurred on Monday, April 4 yesterday.

Initially, the victim along with a colleague named Ade (a witness to the incident) were sitting in the hall in front of a shop owned by another resident on Jalan Swakarsa IVa. When the victim and eyewitness were chatting, suddenly two unknown perpetrators were approached who pretended to ask for an address.

"The perpetrator who was ridden with a motorbike pulled the victim's cellphone and a tug of war occurred. The victim managed to take his cellphone back from the perpetrator's hands," said AKBP Ahsanul to reporters, Wednesday, April 6.

The victim and witness then shouted "maliing .. thief" towards the perpetrator. Residents who heard the victim's screams immediately came out of their respective homes and chased the perpetrators. However, the two perpetrators managed to escape to Jalan Haji Naman.

The Criminal Investigation Unit of the Duren Sawit Police immediately checked the crime scene (TKP) and asked for information from the victim and witnesses and checked the CCTV footage of the mugging action.

Based on CCTV footage, the police traced the license plates of the vehicles belonging to the two perpetrators. After being traced, the police gave chase and managed to arrest the two perpetrators along with evidence from the crime.

"The perpetrator was charged with Article 363 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with 53 of the Criminal Code related to attempted theft with weights," he concluded.