In 15 Days, 379 People Became Suspects Of Street Crimes

JAKARTA - Metro Jaya Police and its staff held a Community Disease Operation (Pekat) for 15 days. As a result, 282 street crime cases were revealed with 379 suspects.

"The number of suspects is 379, divided into 16 recidivists, 1 person under the age of 1 person, 1 person positive for drugs," Deputy Director of General Criminal Investigation of Metro Jaya Police AKBP Imam Yulisdiyanto told reporters, Monday, March 20.

Hundreds of crime cases were revealed with details of theft by force (curas) in 17 cases, theft by weighting (curat) in 69 cases, motor vehicle theft (curanmor) in 83 cases, and gambling in 11 cases.

Of the 282 cases, 65 of them were targets for surgery. Meanwhile, 217 cases were not targeted for surgery.

"As well as preventing other criminal acts in order to maintain and increase the stability of Kamtibmas in the jurisdiction of Metro Jaya Police," he said.

Metro Jaya Police also confiscated and shared evidence from hundreds of cases. Some of them are motorbikes up to hundreds of millions of dollars.

"Total evidence seized, there are 13 units of four-wheeled vehicles, 101 units of motorbikes or two-wheeled vehicles, 1 gun, 39 knives, IDR 206,980,000 in cash, 76 mobile phones, 11 laptops," said Imam.

Operation Pekat was held from 2 to 16 March 2023. The aim of the operation was to eradicate road crimes.