Former official turns to robbery

Former official turns to robbery

SERANG, West Java: A man arrested by police in Serang Thursday
for robbery turned out to be a former secretary of the Lamaran
village in the Carenang district, Antara reported.

The suspect was identified as 40-year-old Salim.

He was arrested, along with an accomplice, two hours after
taking part in a holdup at a food stall in the Cikande
subdistrict.

The pair were riding a stolen motorbike with some of the goods
they had robbed from the food stall's owners and patrons,
including jewelry, a cassette player and cash, police said.

Besides revealing his identity, Salim told police
investigators he had been involved in nine other robberies. (emb)