Crime at the road

Crime at the road

During the afternoon, cruising to a business appointment in
Pasar Minggu, on turning left into Jl. Simatupang from Jl. Ampera
Raya, we (driver and self) discovered a rupture in the car's rear
tyre. We coasted down to a level spot and started to change the
tire.

On hearing an unusual noise I ventured to look under the
vehicle to see most of the documents that were in my briefcase
lying on the road.

I ran to the front of the vehicle to see two men take off on a
motorcycle with my briefcase, containing cash, travel documents,
personal items and importantly, documents relating to important
impending transactions, safely tucked between them.

As the spot selected for this well planned crime, the tire
being deflated by a sharp "prong" made from folded metal, was
uphill it was futile to try to chase them on foot and they struck
only after the tire had been removed from the vehicle (so to
pursuit in the vehicle as out of question).

In the event I had a gun, I would have had no compunction in
using it, but then I would have suffered the wrath of the law as
I do not possess diplomatic immunity.

Having replace the tire, we proceeded to the Police post in
Jl. Ampera Raya, only two to three hundred meters from the
location of the crime, and was then escorted to the Police
Station at the Pasar Minggu precinct. The officers were extremely
courteous and went through the motions of recording my statement
and issued me with the notice of report.

No attempt was made to check out the spot where the crime took
place or to investigate the implement used to deflate the tire. I
was informed that this was a very common occurrence in the
vicinity of that particular location and the modus operandi was
always the same.

Amazingly that this very common occurrence takes place within
walking distance of a police post.

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