Often Petatang-peteteng Bawa Sajam, 16 Gangsters Taken To The Bandar Lampung Police Headquarters

A young man who is not a few under the age of a gangster member in Bandar Lampung was arrested by the police on Sunday, May 21. (ANTARA)

Bandar Lampung Police have arrested 16 gangsters who often fight with sharp weapons.

"We have secured the youths suspected of being members of this group of gangsters while patrolling Samapta Presisi," said Head of Patrol for Samapta Polresta Bandar Lampung Iptu Tirta, in Bandar Lampung, Sunday, May 21, confiscated by Antara.

He said, as many as 16 youths and teenagers were arrested because of reports from the public that they often gather at night for holidays and cause trouble.

"So around 00.30 WIB, the joint patrol team carried out a hunt around Jalan totaling this city, and received reports every night of holidays that many young people gathered and carried sharp weapons," he said.

So, he said, the joint team immediately combed the location where the youths had gathered, and a number of people were found carrying liquor, so they were immediately secured.

"After that, we interrogated them and it turned out that they were from the Gulf Group (The_WOR / TWD) who were members of the big group Gangster MGR 021 and TUKUL," he said.

Tirta revealed that the youths who were arrested said that their group would join the United Poesat Group and look for opponents to carry out brawls.

"So they were supposed to join the United Poesat Group and look for opponents in a brawl, but we managed to secure it before it happened," he said.

He said of the 16 young men and adolescents who were on average in their teens and 20 years old, the police secured a number of evidences, such as chains, sickles, knives, prestige flags, motorcycles, and cellphones.

"Furthermore, 16 youths and evidence were secured at the Bandar Lampung Police Headquarters for further investigation," he also said.

He said the Samapta Precision patrol was carried out to prevent criminal acts, such as theft of motorized vehicles, thuggery, illegal racing, brawls, motorcycle gangs and other crimes in areas prone to crime in this city.

"A number of points we target on this patrol, such as protocol roads, terminals, residential areas, shops, banking, nightclubs, city borders, and others," he said.