2 Motor Thief Specialists In Tangerang Were Arrested By Officers, The Police Called The Mode Of The Perpetrators To Follow The Victims Behind

Tangerang City Police Chief Kombes Pol Raden Romdhon Natakumusa held a case of motor vehicle theft/ Photo: Jehan/ VOI

TANGERANG - Police arrested two of the three perpetrators suspected of stealing motorbikes (curanmor) with firearms (senpi).

Tangerang City Police Chief Kombes Pol Raden Romdhon Natakumusa said the theft occurred on Friday, February 5, at 14.00 WIB. Then arrested Wednesday, June 22, at 06.00 WIB.

"We immediately carried out a series of investigations and processed the crime scene (TKP)," Raden told reporters at the Panongan Police, Thursday, July 7.

He also said the modus operandi of the perpetrators was to follow the victim to the parking area. When the vehicle was left by the victim, he continued, the perpetrators immediately took action at the appointed time.

So the potential victims are followed to the parking area. When the victim was careless in parking the vehicle, the perpetrators quickly used the letter T key to steal," he said.

On his occasion, Raden explained that based on the perpetrator's confession, the perpetrators had committed theft 8 times in the Panongan, Tangerang and Lampung districts. In fact, the perpetrators of Kabul are recidivist.

"The perpetrators act frequently using and threatening their victims with firearms. Not only that, it turns out that one perpetrator often goes in and out of prison with similar actions," he said.

"(For) the weapon is now being stepped on by Fendi's brother (now his status) is on the wanted list (DPO)," he added.

Raden revealed that apart from arresting the perpetrators, the police also secured evidence confiscated from the hands of the two perpetrators in the form of 2 two motorcycles, one letter T key, and STNK.

For their actions, the perpetrators were charged with Article 363 of the Criminal Code paragraph 1 of 2016 concerning theft with a weighted penalty of seven years in prison.