Five people caught for computer monitor thefts
Five people caught for computer monitor thefts
JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Police detectives arrested five
people suspected of being involved in the theft of a shipment of
computer monitors.
According to North Jakarta Police chief Lt. Col. Wisjnu Amat
Sastro, two of the arrested suspects acted as fencers, selling
the stolen monitors to individuals and computer dealers in
several locations, including busy electronic markets in Glodok,
West Jakarta.
Two other suspected members of the syndicate, whose identities
already are known to the police, remain at large, Wisjnu told The
Jakarta Post on Monday.
The five suspects currently being detained at North Jakarta
Police Headquarters were identified as Ir, Kad, Ab, Is and Su
Yung. The suspects are between the ages of 25 and 35.
The suspects were arrested at different locations last week
following a complaint by export company PT Galindra Multi Cipta
about the theft of its computer monitors, which were being
shipped in a container truck.
"The monitors were supposed to be shipped to France," Wisjnu
said.
Sung Yu was the last suspect arrested by officers. He was
seized late Sunday. Based on a statement from the subject, Wisjnu
has sent a number of his detectives to seize more monitors from
traders in the Glodok area.
"I've sent my men to check the area and if necessary arrest
those who are selling stolen merchandise," he said.
Based on a preliminary police investigation, Galindra Multi
Cipta loaded 620 computer monitors, worth some Rp 400 million
(US$47,058), into a container truck driven by Ir. The truck was
to be driven from the Lippo Cikarang Industrial compound in
Bekasi to Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta.
Before reaching the port, however, Ir pulled over at Ancol,
where his accomplice, Sam, who is still at large, took over the
wheel of the truck.
Sam drove to the nearby Kali Tirem area, where the other
suspects were waiting.
"The group reportedly removed the computer monitors from the
container and replaced them with other materials, such as stones
and bags of sands," Wisjnu said.
The container then was delivered to the port and was shipped
to France on March 8.
Galindra Multi Cipta's partner in France vociferously
complained upon receiving stones and bags of sands instead of the
computer monitors it had ordered.
Police so far have recovered 100 of the 620 stolen monitors.
The monitors were confiscated from Is, who was displaying the
stolen goods at an exhibition in Bandung, West Java.
"Police also confiscated Rp 10 millions in cash from two other
suspects," Wisjnu said.
He said police would continue to probe the case because he
believed this group was not the only group targeting export
companies in the area.
"There are at least two or three similar groups which often
operate in North Jakarta using the same modus operandi." (emf)