TANGERANG - 10 of the 15 robbers in Batu Ceper and Periok, Tangerang City were arrested by the Tangerang Metro Police Criminal Investigation Unit. Kombes Pol Zain Dwi Nugroho, as the Head of the Resort Police, said that there were still five perpetrators who were still being chased or had the status of a People's Search List (DPO). The 5 people had the initials M, A, R, B, and MF.
Meanwhile, for the 10 perpetrators who have been arrested, seven of them are still children with the initials MRA, RIM, GDA, A, RS, RGA, DR. For adults with the initials AAF, NIK and FF.
"We managed to uncover 2 cases of violent theft (curas) that occurred in two different locations. Some of them are still in vocational school and have dropped out of school. The youngest is 15 years old," Zain told reporters at the Batu Ceper Police, Tangerang City, Monday, August 1st.
"For the TKP in Batu Ceper, of the 10 perpetrators, 9 people were arrested. The second crime scene is on Jalan Prabu Kian Santang, Periuk, of the five perpetrators who were identified by one person. What we arrested was the NIK," he continued.
Zain said the perpetrators had various roles, ranging from motorcyclists to executors.
Zain said the perpetrators had injured one victim with a stab wound to the back. Upon the arrest, the police have secured two sickles from the hands of the perpetrators.
"The role of the perpetrators that we managed to catch, is as motorcyclists. They are also passengers, including those who perpetrate abuse and carry sickles," he said.
On that occasion, Zain explained the motive for the perpetrators, namely looking for a weak target victim who has a cellphone.
"Later the cellphone can be controlled and sold. The point is the economic motive," he explained.
For his actions, the perpetrators were charged with Article 365 of the Criminal Code paragraph 2 and Article 76 of Law Number 35 of the 2014 Law on Child Protection with a threat of 12 years in prison.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
