Man arrested for hijacking truck

Man arrested for hijacking truck

SURABAYA: East Java police arrested a man for hijacking a
truck loaded with fruit juice and textiles headed for Denpasar,
Bali, from Central Java, on Saturday, police said on Sunday.

Mojoagung Police subprecinct chief Adj. Comr. Siana said on
Sunday that the man, identified as Sugiyono, was now in the
subprecinct's custody.

"Besides arresting Sugiyono, police rescued five people, whose
truck had been hijacked by Sugiyono and his accomplices," Siana
said.

Quoting reports from the truck crew, Siana said that the drama
began when their Buavita fruit juice truck was hijacked by a
group of armed people traveling on another truck somewhere in
Central Java.

The hijackers overpowered the Buavita truck crew and stole the
Buavita truck, while the hostages were handcuffed and blindfolded
before being transferred to the hijackers' truck, driven by
Sugiyono.

The two trucks headed for Surabaya, however, the hijackers'
truck carrying the hostages planned to stop in Jombang, a town
some 50 kilometers east of Surabaya.

The truck crew told police that the hijackers planned to dump
them in Jombang, but when the truck was caught in a traffic jam
in Mojotresno village, adjacent to Mojoagung, they jumped down.

A police patrol approached the truck after witnessing the
strange event and Sugiyono was arrested. He said that his five
accomplices had stolen the Buavita truck.

Antara did not reveal if any of the truck's crew were hurt in
their attempt to escape. (09)