Failed To Snatch Cell Phone, 25-year-old Man In Tambora Was Successfully Arrested By Police From Mob Rampage

Evidence of the Vivo Y12s mobile phone belonging to the victim named Fani Agustin (17) / Photo: IST

JAKARTA - DP (25), a resident of Tamansari Sub-district, was almost killed by a mob on Jalan Tambora VI, RT5/1, Tambora Village, Tambora District, West Jakarta.

DP was arrested by a resident of Tambora after failing to snatch the Vivo Y12s mobile phone belonging to the victim named Fani Agustin (17) who was walking to her house.

Tambora Police Chief Kompol Moh Faruk Rozi said that at first the victim wanted to go home alone near the scene.

Suddenly, two unknown men came riding a motorbike together and took the cellphone that Fani was holding.

The perpetrators of snatching Fany's cellphone in Tambora, were arrested by police officers/ Photo: IST

"There was a tug of war and the victim's cellphone fell, the DP perpetrators took it," said Kompol Faruk when confirmed by reporters, Tuesday, February 15.

After taking the cellphone, the suspect pushed the victim to the ground. The perpetrator tried to escape. Meanwhile, the victim, who was still trying to defend his valuables, chased him, shouting 'snatch'.

His screams invited local residents and the two men panicked for fear of being judged by local residents.

"One perpetrator was successfully pulled by a witness who is a local resident until he fell, another perpetrator fled on a motorbike," he said.

Luckily, members of the Tambora Police came to the location. The lives of the perpetrators can be saved from the tantrums of the residents. The perpetrator was taken to the Tambora Police Headquarters with his face covered in blood.

"The perpetrators were badly judged by residents. We are still investigating how many times we have been looking for his friends who managed to escape," he said.

The perpetrator was charged with Article 365 of the Criminal Code concerning theft with the threat of imprisonment for five years.