Claiming To Be Police Officer, The Man Who Put Fake Police Number Plates On His Fortuner Car, Promises To Marry A Woman

The man who claimed to be an officer and put a fake number on the Fortuner car/Photo: Antara

BOGOR - The Bogor Resort Police arrested a young man with the initials ZP (28) who was caught driving a car using a fake police number plate (nopol) while crossing at Simpang Gadog, Ciawi, Bogor Regency, West Java.

"The officers were dismissed. We investigated and the perpetrator claimed to be a Police officer. But after being examined, it turned out that his identity was fake," said Bogor Police Chief, Grand Commissioner Adjutant of Police Iman Imanuddin at the Bogor Resort Police, Monday, March 28.

Iman said that when the incident occurred, the police found that three vehicles were driving towards Puncak using the National Police service number plate. The three vehicles are the Toyota Fortuner, Toyota Rush, and Toyota Kijang Innova.

Iman explained that ZP was the driver of the Fortuner car, while the other two were still being investigated by investigators.

"They said they didn't know each other. But we're still exploring. The second one is suspected to be a drug user. They don't know each other. The only one who wears a police service plate is this ZP who drives a Fortuner," he said.

He said the perpetrators were charged with Article 263 of the Criminal Code regarding document falsification, which carries a penalty of six years in prison.

"This has tarnished the good name of the police. So action must be taken," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of Bogor Police, Commissioner Adjutant of Police Siswo Tarigan, in the same place, stated that the motive for the perpetrators to use police number plates was to look cool to attract women.

"So he met a woman, claimed to be a member of the police, and promised to marry the woman," he said.

He explained that in the three vehicles there were women who were suspected of being victims of fraud by the perpetrators.

"Along with the vehicle we checked, there were several women in it," he said