The Suspected Terrorist Ojol Driver Who Was Arrested In South Tangerang His Role In Buying Explosives

Agus Sapta, head of RT on Jalan Cempaka, Pondok Pucung, Pondok Aren, South Tangerang/ Photo: IST

TANGERANG SN, a suspected terrorist who was arrested by the Special Detachment (Densus) 88 Anti-terror Police on Jalan Cempaka, Pondok Pucung, Pondok Aren, South Tangerang, Friday, January 20, has indeed been the target of operations (TO) since 2021. SN has an important role in its network.

As revealed by the head of the local RT, Agus Sapta, who claimed to have communicated with Densus 88 previously. Agus said, based on information he knew from the police, SN acted as an explosive raw material buyer.

SN is a suspected terrorist who was arrested after two of his colleagues first.

"Incidentally, he (the police-ed) told me that the main perpetrator had been arrested in Cikarang, then the alleged perpetrator was a buyer of raw materials," Agus told reporters, Monday, January 20.

When asked further, about the process of his arrest, Agus admitted that he did not know about it. However, he confirmed that the perpetrator was arrested in the Pondok Aren area.

Actually, the one who knows exactly his wife. We don't know our security officers. Our security officers are in the block. What is certain is in the environment," he said

Regarding what Densus 88 brought from SN's house, Agus admitted that he also did not know about it. He only knew that there were dozens of people who picked up the perpetrators.

A lot. If a weapon doesn't know. My wife said, (members) are spreading here. That's why our security officers can't go around. Hold it at the post. What was taken Coincidentally, no one knows," he concluded.

Previously it was reported that SN was a former employee of a private bank. He left his job because he was considered usury. SN also became an online motorcycle taxi driver (ojol).

SN is the third person arrested after two colleagues, namely, AS and ARH in Jakarta. Head of the Public Information Bureau (Karopenmas) of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan said the three suspects came from two different networks. "The suspect AS was arrested in the North Jakarta area," said Ramadhan as quoted by Antara, Friday, January 20 evening. Then the suspect ARH was arrested in the South Jakarta area, and the suspect SN was arrested in South Tangerang, South Banten Province. The one-star general explained that the suspect was involved in the Indonesian Islamic State (NII) terrorist network. "While the ARH and SN suspects are fugitives on the wanted list (DPO)," he said. ARH suspect and SN, said Ramadhan, DPO arrested a terrorist crime in March 2021.