Five people caught for computer monitor thefts<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Police detectives arrested five
\npeople suspected of being involved in the theft of a shipment of
\ncomputer monitors.<\/p>\n
According to North Jakarta Police chief Lt. Col. Wisjnu Amat
\nSastro, two of the arrested suspects acted as fencers, selling
\nthe stolen monitors to individuals and computer dealers in
\nseveral locations, including busy electronic markets in Glodok,
\nWest Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Two other suspected members of the syndicate, whose identities
\nalready are known to the police, remain at large, Wisjnu told The
\nJakarta Post on Monday.<\/p>\n
The five suspects currently being detained at North Jakarta
\nPolice Headquarters were identified as Ir, Kad, Ab, Is and Su
\nYung. The suspects are between the ages of 25 and 35.<\/p>\n
The suspects were arrested at different locations last week
\nfollowing a complaint by export company PT Galindra Multi Cipta
\nabout the theft of its computer monitors, which were being
\nshipped in a container truck.<\/p>\n
\"The monitors were supposed to be shipped to France,\" Wisjnu
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Sung Yu was the last suspect arrested by officers. He was
\nseized late Sunday. Based on a statement from the subject, Wisjnu
\nhas sent a number of his detectives to seize more monitors from
\ntraders in the Glodok area.<\/p>\n
\"I've sent my men to check the area and if necessary arrest
\nthose who are selling stolen merchandise,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Based on a preliminary police investigation, Galindra Multi
\nCipta loaded 620 computer monitors, worth some Rp 400 million
\n(US$47,058), into a container truck driven by Ir. The truck was
\nto be driven from the Lippo Cikarang Industrial compound in
\nBekasi to Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Before reaching the port, however, Ir pulled over at Ancol,
\nwhere his accomplice, Sam, who is still at large, took over the
\nwheel of the truck.<\/p>\n
Sam drove to the nearby Kali Tirem area, where the other
\nsuspects were waiting.<\/p>\n
\"The group reportedly removed the computer monitors from the
\ncontainer and replaced them with other materials, such as stones
\nand bags of sands,\" Wisjnu said.<\/p>\n
The container then was delivered to the port and was shipped
\nto France on March 8.<\/p>\n
Galindra Multi Cipta's partner in France vociferously
\ncomplained upon receiving stones and bags of sands instead of the
\ncomputer monitors it had ordered.<\/p>\n
Police so far have recovered 100 of the 620 stolen monitors.
\nThe monitors were confiscated from Is, who was displaying the
\nstolen goods at an exhibition in Bandung, West Java.<\/p>\n
\"Police also confiscated Rp 10 millions in cash from two other
\nsuspects,\" Wisjnu said.<\/p>\n
He said police would continue to probe the case because he
\nbelieved this group was not the only group targeting export
\ncompanies in the area.<\/p>\n
\"There are at least two or three similar groups which often
\noperate in North Jakarta using the same modus operandi.\" (emf)<\/p>",
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