Brimob officer arrested over auto thefts<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Detectives from the City Police violent crimes
\nunit detained an officer of the elite National Police Mobile
\nBrigade (Brimob) on Wednesday in connection with auto theft
\ncases.<\/p>\n
\"This Brimob officer will lead us to other suspects,\" unit
\nchief Adj. Comr. Tagam Sinaga told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\"Until we get proper evidence, we cannot name this officer a
\nsuspect...he's still a witness.<\/p>\n
\"This case has no connection with the shooting of an Army
\nofficer by police officers late last week, also for auto theft
\ncrimes.\"<\/p>\n
City Police records identified the Army officer as Chief Sgt.
\nSambas Atmadinata of the Army's aircraft squadron in Pondok Cabe,
\nSouth Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Sambas was shot in the leg late last week by City Police
\ndetectives when he allegedly tried to escape arrest near the
\nCikampek tollgate, 97 kilometers east of Jakarta.<\/p>\n
He is being treated in the National Police Kramatjati Hospital
\nin East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Police records state that Sambas, who allegedly has been
\ninvolved in at least three auto thefts, was tracked down by
\ndetectives in the Maremang Kalijati area of Subang, West Java,
\nwhere he was attending a family wedding party.<\/p>\n
\"We tried to arrest him there but he resisted and refused to
\ncome with us to City Police headquarters,\" said a City Police
\ndetective who asked to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n
\"We spoke with Sambas's family members who were present. They
\nconvinced him that it was in his best interest to come with us.<\/p>\n
\"On our way to police headquarters, we were about to enter the
\nCikampek tollgate when Sambas said he wanted to use a roadside
\nrestroom.<\/p>\n
\"He got out of the car and tried to run off, but was shot by
\npolice in the leg.\" (ylt)<\/p>",
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