Armed bandit, killer arrested in Klender
Armed bandit, killer arrested in Klender
JAKARTA (JP): Police in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, have arrested a man wanted in connection with a series of robberies and the fatal shooting, on Friday, of two gas station employees.
"The apprehension of the suspect, along with his revolver, coming less than 30 hours after the last failed robbery attempt, has helped us to solve at least six cases that he allegedly committed," City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Dibyo Widodo told reporters in the early hours of yesterday morning.
The suspect, identified as Teguh Abdulah Hanafi, 24, was shot by police in his left leg as he tried to escape from police custody, said Dibyo, who was accompanied by East Jakarta police chief Lt. Col. Miyanto.
"Articles seized include a revolver and four shells of bullets found at the scene of the crime," Dibyo said, adding that police are still investigating the origin of the gun and the bullets.
According to Miyanto, Teguh was arrested at his house on Jl. Bulak Raya in Klender, East Jakarta, at about 10 p.m. on Saturday while having a small party with his friends after the sale of three pocket cameras he had stolen earlier from a shop.
"The main motive for his actions was just money, which he then lavished on his friends," said Duren Sawit police chief, Maj. Bachtiar Tambunan.
Teguh, a bachelor whose education does not extend beyond high school, is believed to have attempted a robbery at a gas station on Jl. Ngurah Rai on Friday. In the course of the failed attempt, two employees of the gas station were fatally shot.
"I don't know whether the victims died because I just fired the gun at random," the suspect told The Jakarta Post.
Police have also accused him of committing at least five other robberies and hold-ups in East Jakarta in the three consecutive days preceding Friday. They say he made off with Rp 313,250 (US$141) in cash, one bike worth about Rp 3 million and three pocket cameras.
It is alleged that Teguh began his thieving spree on Tuesday last week by pretending he wanted to get a picture made at the Foto Matic Studio shop. He left the scene with Rp 45,000 cash and the three cameras after firing one bullet at the ceiling, police claim.
On the next day he allegedly robbed the Anita Farma pharmaceutical drug store, on Jl. Revolusi, by pretending to be a shopper. Later the same day he is said to have robbed an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver on Jl. R. Inten, by pretending to be a passenger and then frightening the driver by firing a shot near his ear. Police say he also robbed a shop on Jl. Malaka.
"The last attempt failed after he saw a person who looked like an officer," Dibyo said.
Teguh, who is said to have been involved in crime previously, has admitted that he committed another hold-up on Thursday in the Duren Sawit Indah area and took Rp 80,000 from the victim, police say.
Police allege that on the afternoon of the next day, after buying petrol at the gas station, he went to the lubricant kiosk to steal money and fatally shot two employees in the head.
"Based on preliminary investigations, we believe that he committed all of these crimes alone," said Bachtiar. "But we're still exploring the possibility that others were involved," he said. (bsr)