Driver charged with stealing Rp 600m

Driver charged with stealing Rp 600m

BANYUMAS, Central Java: A 43-year-old driver working for Bank
Rakyat Indonesia's (BRI) Banjarnegara branch in Central Java was
arrested on Tuesday after a 12-day manhunt after he fled with 600
million of customers' money.

Banyumas police chief Sr. Comr. R. Nata Kesuma said that
Suhartono, a resident of Wangon subdistrict in Banjarnegara
regency, was arrested at his new house in Cianjur, West Java.

The suspect had just purchased the house at Rp 85 million, and
was living there with a woman believed to be his new wife, Nata
said. "The house was being renovated," he said.

He said that Suhartono was detained at the Cianjur police
office and would soon be moved to Banyumas.

Nata said that the police also arrested four other men in
connection with the theft.

Suhartono disappeared on Feb. 1, despite the fact that there
were two policemen escorting his BRI car which had Rp 600 million
inside.

The theft took place while the police were eating lunch on Jl.
Sudirman in Purwokerto. --JP