Ex-marine, guards arrested for robbery
Ex-marine, guards arrested for robbery
BOGOR (JP): The Police have arrested seven people suspected of
involvement in a robbery of Rp 1.8 billion (US$211,765) from PT
Great River in Bogor, West Java.
Bogor Police chief Insp. Gen. Sudirman Ail said here on
Thursday that the suspects were Antono Dwi, 36, a dismissed
marine officer from Surabaya; Adi Setyo, 29, and Yustinus
Lelatobur, 40, both security guards of PT Great River; HM.
Matsudi, 43, and Tugiyanto, 33, both residents of Gunung Putri;
Suyono, 36, from South Jakarta; and Micah, 25, the wife of
Tugiyanto.
Sudirman said that three other suspects, Beny, Jacky and
Henky, are still at large.
On Aug. 31 two thieves killed a police officer and Bank Lippo
security guard who, along with a bank cashier, were transporting
Rp 1.8 trillion in a Kijang minivan to the garment producer's
premises in Cibinong.
Police said that they had confiscated banknotes to the value
of Rp 50 million from Micah, the wife of Tugiyanto, Lilis, the
wife of Yustinus, H.M. Sudi and Herayati, the wife of Beni.
They also confiscated some 58.25 grams of gold jewelry,
furniture worth Rp 14 million, as well as an RX King motorcycle,
a Suzuki Satria motorcycle and a Panther minivan which were all
vehicles used during the robbery.
From Antono, the police confiscated a copy of a bank BCA
transfer, three .45-caliber bullet cases for military Weap 1911
pistols, and a .38-caliber bullet for a Colt revolver.
According to police, the robbers meticulously planned the
crime before committing it. Yanto and Beni surveyed the location
of Bank Lippo and the routes usually used by Bank Lippo's cashier
for transporting the money to the Great River building in
Cibinong.
Three days before the robbery, they took the executors of the
robbery plan, including Antono Dwi, to the Bank Lippo and Great
River buildings and briefed them about how they were going to
execute the crime.
On the night after the robbery, they met at Hotel Matra in
Jakarta to divide the Rp 1.8 billion. Yanto and his accomplices
in Bogor received Rp 500 million, while Antono and his
accomplices, as the executors of the robbery, got Rp 1.3 billion.
According to police, the suspects had previously committed
other crimes, including the robbery of Rp 780 million from PT
Samsung in Bogor last December. (21)