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        "msgid": "three-arrested-in-depok-for-robbery-using-dating-app-to-lure-victims-1785156861",
        "date": "2026-07-27 19:12:25",
        "title": "Three Arrested in Depok for Robbery Using Dating App to Lure Victims",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Police in Depok, West Java, have arrested three men who used a dating application for gay men to lure and rob their victims. The suspects would arrange meetings through the app before taking the victims to secluded areas, often cemeteries, where they were assaulted, tied up, and stripped of their belongings. The trio, who are believed to have committed at least three such robberies, face up to nine years in prison under Indonesia's criminal code for violent theft.",
        "content": "<p>Police have arrested three robbery suspects who operated in the Depok\narea of West Java. The perpetrators used a gay dating application called\n\u2018Hornet\u2019 to target their victims. The scheme was initiated by a suspect\nwith the initials AH, who created an account on the application using\nsomeone else\u2019s identity. AH then searched for and profiled potential\ntargets. \u201cOnce the suspect was confident, AH would invite the victim to\nmeet and pick them up near their boarding house or home. The suspect AH\nwould then take the victim on a motorbike to a secluded location,\ntypically a cemetery or an area near a cemetery,\u201d said AKBP Made Gede\nOka Utama, Head of Criminal Investigation at the Depok Metro Police, to\nreporters on Monday (27\/7). At the predetermined location, two other\nsuspects, identified as KA and S, were already waiting. Once the victim\narrived, the pair immediately launched their attack. \u201cThe other suspects\nwere waiting behind and would rob or drag the victim by knocking them\ndown, seizing their belongings, assaulting them, tying them up with rope\nand duct tape, and abandoning them after stripping them of their\nassets,\u201d Made explained. Made revealed that the robberies were\nparticularly brutal. In one instance, a victim was beaten and left in a\ncemetery with his clothes removed. \u201cThe victim was left alone at the\nscene with his hands tied and his mouth taped shut,\u201d he said. The series\nof robberies came to light after one victim reported the crime to the\nauthorities. Following an investigation, police arrested the three\nsuspects in the Cilodong area of Depok on Sunday (26\/7). The\ninvestigation revealed that the trio had carried out the scheme three\ntimes: in Cilodong on Monday (20\/7), in Tapos District on Friday (24\/7),\nand finally in Jatimulya on Saturday (24\/7). The three suspects have\nbeen named as such and are currently in detention. For their actions,\nthey are charged under Article 479 of the Criminal Code on violent\ntheft, which carries a maximum penalty of nine years\u2019 imprisonment.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/three-arrested-in-depok-for-robbery-using-dating-app-to-lure-victims-1785156861",
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