Electronic goods thief arrested

JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested one of three men who allegedly stole electronic goods worth Rp 11 million (US$4,731) from a PT Prima Texindo building on Jl. Penjernihan Dalam, Bendungan Hilir district, in Central Jakarta.

Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. Abubakar Nataprawira said on Monday that with the helping of a sniffer dog, the police arrested Agung Santoso on Sunday night at his house near the scene of the crime.

"The other suspects, identified as Mul and Ton, are still at large," Abubakar said.

He said the robbers, who drove a minivan, stole two computers, two printers and one electric typewriter.

The loot was sold for only Rp 1.5 million to a buyer, Sukardi, he added. (jun)