Many banks target of robberies

Many banks target of robberies

JAKARTA: Eleven banks in Central Jakarta are considered a high
risk target of armed robbery, an official said on Tuesday.

Comr. A.R. Yoyol, the Central Jakarta Police detectives chief,
said that the police had deployed 44 officers to safeguard those
banks.

There are more than 100 banks located in Central Jakarta,
according to Yoyol.

He said the police would assign 79 police officers to back up
the banks' security personnel in Central Jakarta, due to an
increase in bank robberies.

Police recorded at least four armed robbery cases of bank
customers in Central Jakarta this month.

Ten cases of armed robbery of bank customers in the capital
were reported this month as compared to three cases in
September. --JP