Bank customer robbers nabbed

Bank customer robbers nabbed

JAKARTA: Jakarta Police have arrested two men they suspect are
part of a five-man robbery gang, the perpetrators of five
robberies of bank customers, with total takings amounting to
about Rp 500 million (US$58,800).

The deputy chief for the police detective's general crime
division, Adj. Sr. Comr. Anton Charliyan, said on Thursday that
the two suspects admitted to the robberies, which began in August
last year, including the robbery of French national Paul Quinn on
Feb. 5 in Cilandak in which the robbers made off with Rp 140
million.

Riding two motorcycles, the gang obstructed Quinn's car and
fired at Quinn through the driver's window.

Their latest robbery took place on Feb. 25, when they snatched
Rp 50 million from a housewife in Palmerah who had just returned
home after withdrawing the money from a bank in Tomang, West
Jakarta. One of the robbers shot the woman in the leg.

The police seized two 9mm pistols, nine bullets and Rp 25
million in cash, as well as three bank books each issued by
different banks.

Police explained that they were still hunting down the three
other gang members. One of the members known as the "sketcher",
posed as a bank customer queuing in banks, and gave his
accomplices a description of the targeted customers through an
SMS.--JP