Claim your stolen car

Claim your stolen car

JAKARTA (JP): City police are currently displaying 22 stolen
vehicles confiscated from seven car stealing gangs in the past
two weeks and have invited Jakartans whose cars have been stolen
to examine them.

According to detective chief Col. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo, the
stolen vehicles include 12 Toyota Kijang vans, a Toyota Corolla
sedan, a light brown Land Cruiser jeep, two Great Corolla sedans,
a BMW sedan, a Timor sedan, an E 320 Mercedes Benz sedan, a
Mitsubishi Lancer sedan and a Feroza jeep.

Like many other auto thefts, the seven gangs used duplicate
keys and letter T keys in their operation. The gangs often worked
in conjunction with the employed drivers of the cars who would
often leave the vehicle in a predesignated spot for it to be
stolen by the gangs. The drivers would then report the apparent
theft to the vehicle's owners, Bambang said.

The seven gangs were made up of 17 suspects, nine of whom are
still at large.

Bambang called on residents whose vehicles had been stolen to
visit the Jakarta Metropolitan Police headquarters on Jl.
Sudirman in South Jakarta.

He suggested anyone who spots their missing car should go
directly to the vehicle theft unit for further clearance to avoid
having to deal with brokers. (emf)