Fake driver's license makers arrested

JAKARTA: The police have arrested five people suspected of involvement in fabricating thousands of driver's licenses.

Soekarno-Hatta airport police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Tejo Subagio said that the suspects were also involved in similar crimes in many towns outside Jakarta, saying that they had a special printing machine to make licenses.

"Actually, we arrested them during an operation to crack down on gangsters in Tangerang. We were suspicious because they were able to only show us a driver's license instead of identity cards," Tejo was quoted by Antara as saying over the weekend.

The police found out that the driver's licenses were fake, shortly afterward, however.

The suspects told the police that each fake license was sold for between Rp 1 million (some US$100) and Rp 1.5 million. -- JP