Disguised As PDAM Officer, Police Shot A Herd Of Robbers In Medan, One Perpetrator Dies

PIXABAY ILLUSTRATION

MEDAN - The Medan Police Criminal Investigation Unit team arrested a group of thieves disguised as PDAM officers. From the arrest, one of the perpetrators died because officers tried to fight back.

Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit at the Medan Police, Kompol M Firdaus, said the perpetrators who were arrested and shot were Indra alias Yana (49), Tasrif (54), Donald Irza Simangunsong (43) and Efrizal Chandra (43).

"The four perpetrators were arrested for burglary at the victim's house in July (39) on Jalan Jemadi Lorong 1, East Medan District. When they acted, the four of them used the modus operandi or pretended to be PDAM officers and then stole the victim's property," said Kompol Firdaus, Wednesday. , March 30.

The act of the perpetrators stealing at the victim's house had gone viral on social media. The victim then reported the matter to the police.

"Apart from the July victim report, there are two other reports with the same case, namely LP/B/97/II/2022/SPKT/East Medan Police, the reporter on behalf of Lioe Mie Kiauw and LP/B/752/X/2022 / SPKT / Medan Area Police, reporting on behalf of Hendrik Sumarta," he said.

At the time of the action, the victim Juli was teaching her student tutoring which is located near her house. The victim first learned about the incident from the confession of her household assistant who came to her.

Next, the victim went home and checked into the 2nd floor of his bedroom. When the victim checked the wardrobe door was open and the money amounting to Rp80 million and his gold had disappeared. As a result of the robbery, the victim suffered a loss of Rp. 183 million.

The officer who received the report immediately launched an investigation. As a result, the officers pocketed the identities of the perpetrators, namely Indra, Donald Irza Simangunsong, Tasrif and Efrizal Chandra.

Furthermore, Monday, March 28, the police received information that the four perpetrators were on Jalan Negara, District of Medan Perjuangan. The officers then proceeded to pursue the perpetrators.

"The four perpetrators were arrested when they were about to carry out their actions again by disguised as PDAM employees. They were arrested complete with PDAM helmets, measuring devices and cameras," he said.

From the results of the interrogation, the perpetrators sold the stolen goods to someone with the initials I alias Iin (DPO). Then, the officers moved again and brought the three perpetrators of Indra, Donald Irza Simangunsong and Tasrif for development.

However, the three perpetrators resisted until the officers were forced to shoot both legs of the perpetrators.

Then, other police officers also brought the perpetrator Efrizal Chandra for development to collect evidence. However, the perpetrators even rebelled by trying to seize the officers' weapons. Officers had to shoot the suspect in the chest until he died.