Ambon Police Arrest Recidivist Theft Of 11 Motorcycles

AMBON - Ambon Island Police and PP Lease arrested Libertus Uratmambu alias Adit, a recidivist in a case of alleged theft of 11 motorcycles in Ambon City, Maluku.

"The person concerned has been named a suspect and evidence in the form of nine motorbikes has been secured, while the other two units are still being investigated," said Ambon Island Police Chief and PP Lease Kombes Driyano Andri Ibrahim as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, October 6.

According to the Police Chief, the suspect, who was a recidivist in the theft case in November 2020, again carried out an action alone to steal a team of motorcycles.

"Then the police received a report from one of the victims in August 2023, so an investigation was carried out and from the development of examinations in the field, the result was to pick up the perpetrator and the evidence that had been sold to the collector," he said.

Diyano said the location of the theft was the most common number of suspects, namely in the Passo area, Baguala District (Ambon City).

According to the Chief of Police, the modus operandi carried out by the suspect always stalked the vehicles belonging to the victims in the early hours of the morning between 00:00 WIT and 04:00 WIT, then targeted the motorbikes whose drivers were unlocked.

In carrying out the action, he said, the suspect damaged the stolen motorbike by pulling the stationer cable and then reconnecting it to turn it on, then taking it away.

The suspect also changed the license plate of the stolen motorcycle with a fake plate to be sold to the collector at a price varying from Rp1.5 million to Rp3 million per unit.

According to the Chief of Police, the suspect Adit was charged with violating Article 363 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 362 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 365 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code concerning theft, with a maximum penalty of seven years in prison.

"We will immediately coordinate with the Ambon Kejari public prosecutor to immediately resolve this case until its status is declared complete or P-21," said Driyano.

According to him, Adit's perpetrator was named a suspect in the alleged theft case after the police examined seven witnesses and conducted a case title.