Highway robbers target truck

Highway robbers target truck

TANGERANG: Passengers in a trailer truck loaded with 50 tons
of construction materials were robbed by a group of men while
stopped at the Jakarta-Merak toll in Kebon Nanas, Tangerang,
early on Friday.

Stopped by a flat tire in heavy rain at about 2 a.m., driver
Ubed, 29, assistant Marjuki and two passengers were robbed by a
gang of thieves.

"Four men in a Kijang minivan came and threatened us with
machetes ... they took Rp 1.5 million (US$176) in cash, two cell
phones and the truck away," Ubed said.

Police found the victims and the truck trailer, which was left
still full by the robbers on Kilometer 14 in Karang Tengah. -- JP