Police Arrest 4 Perpetrators Of Vehicle Theft On Bintan Island, 5 Motorcycles Seized

The perpetrator of the theft of a motorbike in the jurisdiction of the Bintan Police, the Riau Islands Police. (ANTARA/HO-Humas Bintan Police)

KEPRI - Police managed to uncover the case of the theft of five motorbikes on Bintan Island, Riau Islands (Kepri) by securing four suspects with the initials FM, AS, DY, and AF.

"The four perpetrators were arrested on March 24, 2022," said Head of the Bintan Police AKBP Tidar Wulung Dahono in a press release at his office, Wednesday, March 30.

The police chief explained that the chronology of the disclosures began with the victim's report, Junika, to the East Bintan Police, that she had lost a motorcycle at her house, Monday, March 21, 2022.

Furthermore, he said, the police immediately conducted an investigation to find the perpetrators of the theft of the motorbike belonging to the victim Junika.

"From the instructions on the CCTV footage of the complainant's house, the characteristics of the perpetrators of the alleged theft of the motorbike are more than one person," said the Police Chief.

After that, the East Bintan Police Criminal Investigation Unit received information that the reported were in the vicinity of the Tanjungpinang KUD Pelantar.

The personnel went straight to the KUD platform and secured the alleged perpetrator of FM along with evidence of two motorbikes suspected of being stolen.

The arrest of the FM perpetrator accompanied the police to secure three other perpetrators, namely AS, DA and YF with other evidence as many as three motorbikes.

"They are a motor vehicle theft gang that acts on Bintan Island (Tanjungpinang-Bintan)," explained the Head of Police, as reported by Antara.

The Police Chief continued that the four perpetrators and evidence of five motorbikes had been secured. However, the FM perpetrators and two motorbikes will be handed over to the Tanjungpinang Police because the incident is in the jurisdiction of the Tanjungpinang Police.

Meanwhile, three suspects AS, DA, and YF have been detained at the East Bintan Police. The actions of the three violated Article 363 paragraph 1 to (4) of the Criminal Code with the threat of imprisonment for seven years.