Two Weeks, Mataram Police Arrest 88 Perpetrators Of Street Crime Cases

Mataram Police Chief Kombes Pol. Mustofa shows evidence of a crime (ANTARA)

The Mataram City Police, West Nusa Tenggara, named 88 suspects out of 80 street crime cases revealed during the implementation of Operation Jaran Rinjani 2023. Head of Mataram Police, Senior Commissioner of Police Mustofa, explained that the dozens of cases were revealed from the active results of the Mataram Police Satreskrim team and the police sector."The disclosure of 80 cases of street crime belonged to dozens of victims, such as cellphones with dozens. The plan is that at the end of August we will return them to the victims as gifts in the context of the commemoration of Indonesian Independence Day," said Mustofa. Head of Satreskrim Mataram Police Commissioner I Made Yogi Purusa Utama explained the case of street crimes revealed in the active Operation Jaran Rinjani 2023 for two weeks (July 31 to August 13) was a criminal act of theft with violence, theft with weighting, and theft of motor vehicles. In details of the disclosure, cases of theft with weighting, such as the actions of perpetrators entering residents' houses were recorded which were most revealed. "The number of 68 cases," said Yogi. For cases of theft with weighting, such as the robbery on the highway, it was revealed that as many as nine cases and motor vehicle theft were recorded in three cases. "So, before the implementation of Operation Jaran Rinjani 2023, the theft that dominated it was motor vehicle theft. However, after the implementation of Operation Jaran Rinjani 2023, motor vehicle theft decreased," he said. Furthermore, Yogi said that dozens of cases related to criminal violations of Article 362 and 363 KUHP were still running at the investigation stage. With the end of Jaran Rinjani Operation 2023, Yogi conveyed a message to the public to remain alert to all forms of crime threats. "We also need to convey that the public is careful about fraudulent acts with online selling modes. Because there are several reports to us that have already become victims of this fraudulent act with losses of hundreds of millions," he said.

It would be nice, he said, if interested in goods sold online, buyers are expected to meet with the seller first. "Don't want to transfer money first before seeing the goods. These are new modes in cases of fraud," said Yogi.