Police Arrest Two Motorcycle Robbers Claiming To Be Debt Collector

Illustration of Suspect Arrest (Photo: Pexels)

JAKARTA - The police arrested two debt collectors who had become fugitives for seizing motorbikes in the Joglo area, West Jakarta. With this arrest, three people have been arrested and named as suspects.

"Two perpetrators were arrested after being involved in the robbery of motorbikes in the Joglo area of development in West Jakarta some time ago, so we have managed to secure a total of 3 people," said the Head of Public Relations of the West Jakarta Metro Police, Commissioner Moch Taufik Iksan in his statement, Saturday, June 4.

The two debt collectors who had been fugitives had the initials SB (26) and YR (22). They were arrested in the Tangerang area. Meanwhile, one that has been arrested previously is OYS (31).

Although in this case three suspects have been named, the police are still developing. Because, based on the information of the suspect OYS, when he was in action he was accompanied by 3 colleagues.

Apart from that, the Kembangan Police Chief Commissioner Binsar H Sianturi added, the mode used by the suspects was to pretend to be a leasing officer. In fact, they do not have a letter of assignment from any leasing company.

"The perpetrator's mode claimed to be a leasing officer and accused the victim of being late in paying installments and fines for taking Vehicle Certificate," he said

From a series of examination results, the suspects are fairly old players. Because they have been carrying out the action of confiscation of motorbikes with this mode for a year.

"The perpetrators have been acting for 1 year with the mode of claiming to be debt collector officers, the perpetrators have seized motorbikes more than 5 times," said Binsar.

Previously, it was reported that OYS (31), a debt collector, was secured by the Kembangan Sector Police from angry residents after being caught stealing the victim's motorbike on Joglo street, Kembangan, West Jakarta, Friday, May 26, yesterday.

The looting began when the perpetrator OYS (31) together with 3 other colleagues stopped the victim's property, Ilyas Ramadhan, who was driving an automatic motorbike in Pondok Indah, South Jakarta.