Annoying The Public To Fight Officers, 81 Thugs In Garut Arrested By Police

Illustration of the arrest of a suspected criminal. (Unsplash)

JABAR - Garut Resort Police (Polres) arrested 81 thugs who had been reported to be troubling the public. They practice bullying, illegal parking, and other acts of thuggery.

The operation to eradicate thugs was led by the Garut Police Chief AKBP Rio Wahyu Anggoro. He said the thugs were detained in a number of places including Tarogong Kaler District, and Garut City.

"Today we have secured 81 people in two places, Tarogong Kaler and Garut Kota sub-districts, 1 person is carrying a sharp weapon," said Rio, Wednesday, June 14, quoted by Antara.

He said that a number of personnel from the Garut Police were deployed and spread to a number of places where it was suspected that many activities of groups of people or thugs had disturbed the comfort and public order.

Those who were arrested, he said, were immediately transported using two Dalmas trucks to undergo further legal examination and urine tests.

"There was one person who brought the psychotropic type, and we did all the urine tests," he said.

He revealed that the thug eradication operation was a follow-up to public reports that were worried about the activities of thugs committing burglary, collecting vehicle parking fees and other actions.

The police chief emphasized that the operation to eradicate thugs would continue, and would not even hesitate to be shot if they resisted the officers.

The reason for this firm and measurable action, he said, was because they had been brave enough to fight the officers, it was proven that someone was carrying a sharp weapon, then some time ago a member of the National Police was beaten by thugs in Karangpawitan.

"Kejadian kemarin kami ungkapkan, ada empat orang pelaku pengeroyokan anggota Polri, melihat seperti itu, kita lakukan operasi memberantas thugs," katanya.

In the operation to control thugs, it received the attention of many local people, as well as when brought and ordered by the duck road and then collected at the Garut Police Headquarters field.

The police chief during the control operation occasionally shouted loudly at thugs asking for the duck road from the gate where the Dalmas truck stopped at the front road at the main entrance of the Garut Police Headquarters.

All thugs lined up listening to directions and the reason for the police to secure thugs in the Garut area.

In fact, when giving directions, the police chief ordered his members to be shot if any thugs resisted the officers.

Furthermore, all the thugs who were arrested underwent a narcotics urine test. For those who carry sharp samurai weapons, they are immediately prosecuted by the Garut Police Criminal Investigation Unit.