Generous robbers are arrested

Generous robbers are arrested

BANDUNG, West Java: Four men who were popular in the neighborhood for their generosity were arrested last week on robbery charges.

Priangan Police Chief Col. Sardja Suherman told reporters two of them were caught red-handed by a security guard together with local people, when they were trying to rob a local resident in his house.

The robbery attempt involved a group of six men, but four of them managed to escape. Police finally arrested two of he robbers. The rest are still at large.

Suherman said that the six suspects, whose ages range between 21 and 29 years, were known as good people, because they were so religious and generous.

Police said they admitted to having robbed three people in Bandung, four others in Lembang and more than 10 elsewhere in this province.

Police confiscated a number of sharp weapons and a minibus, which were believed to have been used in the robberies. A fence was arrested later. (sim)