JAKARTA - The police arrested three extortionists who claimed to be members of the National Police. They are FF (22) DDW (22) and DKP (20). Not only that, two collectors who worked together in the action were also arrested, HE (34) and MAN (24).
Before the perpetrators were arrested, the extortion case was reported at the Tambora Police, Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 20.30 WIB.
Tambora Police Chief, Kompol Putra, confirmed that the perpetrators claimed to be police officers.
"They modus operandi is to pretend to be the police of the Tambora Police, then stop motorcyclists on the road," said Putra when confirmed, Thursday, January 5.
In their action, they together targeted motorcyclists who were passing at the designated point. The perpetrator accused the victim of committing a crime.
It is also known that the perpetrators are targeting motorists who do not wear helmets or riders who are caught violating traffic rules.
"Then they were told to come. The victim was then left on the side of the road, the motorbike was taken away, and other victims' belongings such as cellphones were also tied by the perpetrators," he said.
Putra said the perpetrators acted in a t-shirt that read Bareskrim Polri and also the police investigator's authority badge.
With this capital, the perpetrators managed to seize the motorbikes belonging to the victims 7 times in the Tambora, Tamansari and areas in the Gambir area, Central Jakarta.
The perpetrators then sold the stolen goods in the Bogor area, West Java.
"(The stolen motorbike) was thrown into the Bogor area. It was thrown there," he concluded.
It is known, the T-shirt that reads Bareskrim Polri was deliberately made by the perpetrators to launch the action.
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