12 pickpockets nabbed on buses<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Police announced yesterday that they captured 12
\npickpockets operating aboard public buses during an anti-
\npickpocket operation conducted over the past several days.<\/p>\n
The operation code named Jabus, or crime aboard public buses,
\nwas launched by police last Thursday in response to the public's
\nconcern over pickpockets on public transit vehicles in the city,
\nespecially on wide-body and minibuses.<\/p>\n
Police received an average of six reports daily from
\npickpocket victims before the operation was launched, four of
\nwhich were by women, said Lt. Col. Latief Rabar, a spokesman for
\nCity Police.<\/p>\n
\"They usually operate during rush hours in the morning when
\npeople go to office, and in the afternoon when people return
\nhome. The suspects always operate in a team of three or four
\npeople,\" Latief said yesterday.<\/p>\n
In a drive to combat the crime, police deployed several groups
\nof plainclothes detectives who pretended to be passengers on
\npublic buses plying the routes which were notoriously ridden with
\npickpockets.<\/p>\n
Police captured three thieves red-handed on the air-
\nconditioned RMB bus plying the Cililitan to Pulogadung route, two
\non the PPD regular bus plying the Kampung Melayu to Grogol route,
\nfour on the Mikrolet 12-seat minibus plying the Kebayoran Lama to
\nTanah Abang route, two on the Kopaja minibus plying the Kalideres
\nto Kota route and another one on the Kopami minibus plying the
\nKalideres to Senen route.<\/p>\n
The pickpockets, aged between 20 and 33, were identified as
\nYossi, Yati, Samito, Karso Siagian, Beni Mangunsong, Tribudi
\nLubis, Isnaedi, Adam, Aminuddin, Otto Bernard, Wisman, and Rudi
\nHartono.<\/p>\n
\"They are jobless and homeless,\" Latief said.<\/p>\n
Police confiscated some stolen articles from them, including
\nfour wallets, two wristwatches, three ID cards, one driver's
\nlicense, a golden necklace weighing 10 grams, Rp 24,000 (US$11.1)
\nin cash and two machetes.<\/p>\n
Latief said Operation Jabus would continue as long as the
\ncrime rate on buses remained high.<\/p>\n
City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto had earlier
\nsaid that police would stage special operations from time to time
\nto fight against the crime.<\/p>\n
Hindarto said the police are asking the public to cooperate by
\nreporting every case to police.(jsk)<\/p>",
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