Gang of armed robbers captured

Gang of armed robbers captured

JAKARTA: City Police chief of detectives Sr. Comr. Mathius Salempang announced on Friday that police had arrested three members of a gang of armed robbers, known to have committed robbery in the city. Three other gang members were still at large.

The three arrested suspects are Heri Yulianto, alias Hendrik, 45, Agusman, alias Ujang, 45, and Ibrahim, 31, while the escapees are Udin, Salim and Empe.

Heri, leader of the gang, was shot five times in the legs when he tried to escape from detectives trying to arrest him on Sept. 16 in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta. Agusman was arrested in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, while Ibrahim was apprehended in Tegal Alur, West Jakarta, the same day.

Mathius said that the gang had committed many robberies across the city.

On Jan. 30, the gang robbed a jewelry shop on Jl. Wijaya IV, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, and took jewelry worth Rp 750 million (US$88235.30).

The next month, the gang stole a silver Toyota Soluna sedan in Cideng, Central Jakarta, and in March robbed a house in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, stealing Rp 2 million in cash.

The gang was also involved in other robberies last November in Srengseng Sawah, West Jakarta; Grogol, West Jakarta; and in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta. -- JP