Two Prisoners Who Escaped From The Tambun Police Cells Are Still Search

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TAMBUN - Police are still chasing two detainees who escaped from the detention center (rutan) while the Tambun Police, Bekasi Regency, West Java.

"There are two suspects who escaped from the temporary cell room on the 2nd Floor of the Tambun Police, Bekasi Metro Police," said Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Endra Zulpan as quoted by Antara, Monday, December 12.

Zulpan said the two detainees were suspected of escaping after destroying the prison door where the two were being held.

"It damaged the hinge of the prison door while the bottom made of iron hollow was suspected to have used a tool. Then it was pulled with his hand so that it opened," he said.

After breaking into the prison door, the two then headed to the CCTV room which was not locked at that time.

The two then came out of the window of the CCTV room, then went down to the 1st floor and fled towards the back of the Tambun Police.

The identities of the two detainees, namely Anan Siregar, is a suspect in a theft case and Burhanudin is a suspect in a fraud.

Zulpan revealed that both of them have been detained at the Tambun Police detention center since November 25, 2022, to undergo legal proceedings in their respective cases.