Fire razes 40 houses at Kebon Jeruk
Fire razes 40 houses at Kebon Jeruk
JAKARTA: Fire destroyed about 40 houses in Kedoya Utara,
Pesing, Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, on Saturday.
Firefighter from the West Jakarta fire station Suhardi
suspected that the fire might have been caused by a short
circuit, adding that a further investigation into the cause of
the fire was still under way.
Seventeen fire engines managed to extinguish the fire at 3:30
p.m., more than four hours after it had started. --Antara
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Container truck robbed in Cikupa
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Container truck hijacked in Cikupa
TANGERANG: Tangerang police managed to arrest one of four
container truck hijackers who usually operate near Tanjung
Priok port, North Jakarta, after a truck they had hijacked ran
out of fuel in Cikupa late on Thursday.
The truck, driven by Harjanto, 25, and his helper, Nur Ichsan,
20, was hijacked near Tanjung Priok on Thursday evening.
The robbers, identified as Suhendra, 35, Khairudin, 35, Alex,
37, and Jack, 40, tied up the driver and his helper behind the
seats, and then drove the truck toward Merak along the Jakarta-
Merak tollway.
"But when the truck arrived in Cikupa at about 10 p.m., it ran
out of fuel. Patrolling police officers who became suspicious
finally arrested Suhendar while the three other suspects fled
after realizing the police were on hand," said Tangerang Police
deputy chief GDE Sugianyar.
Suhendra and the truck, which was carrying 610 Bridgestone
tires valued at around Rp 500 million that were destined for
export to Singapore, were brought to Tangerang Police
headquarters.--JP
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Greater-drugs
Two drugs traffickers arrested
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Two drug traffickers arrested
JAKARTA: Police at Duren Sawit subdistrict, East Jakarta,
arrested two men believed to be drug traffickers as part of the
Operasi Ketupat Lilin security patrol during the small hours of
Saturday.
The two were caught on the second floor of Perumnas Klender
market building.
City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Prasetyo said that the police
found 13 grams of putaw (low-grade heroin) and syringes on
Handoko, 24, and Ferdi Nurdiansyah, 20.
The two were still being held at Duren Sawit police station
for further investigation. -- Antara
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Greater-water
Water bills to be payable through ATMs
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JAKARTA: Starting Dec. 18, customers of PT Thames PAM Jaya
(TPJ) will be able to pay their bills through Bank Central Asia
ATMs.
The new service was confirmed following the signing of a
cooperation between the two companies on Wednesday, according to
Director of Communication and Public Relations of TPJ, Rhamses
Simanjuntak.
TPJ, which has a 25-year contract with the city-owned water
company PAM Jaya, serves 324,073 customers here.
It has three water treatment installations and produces 9,050
liters of water per second. --JP