Officers nabbed for car theft

BOGOR (JP): Bogor Police chief Col. Edi Darnadi said on Wednesday that three of his personnel had been captured for their alleged indirect involvement in a series of car thefts over the past year.

"They are Warrant Officer Ml, Sgt. Maj. Ag and Sgt. Maj. Nn. The three are officers at the Bogor Police," Edi told reporters at his office.

He said the three officers gave advice to two gangs of car thieves, namely the Ferrari gang and the Marlboro gang, after the gangs had stolen the cars.

"Gang members always asked the officers' opinions about what to do and where to sell the stolen cars," he said, while citing that each gang had managed to sell five cars out of town.

Ferrari's members are Norman, alias Cap Lang, Martanto, alias Boy, Cecep Suryana, Rafi and Suroso. Marlboro's members are Saman, alias Tompel, Hasanudin Sitepu, Wasrul alias Bankin, Toto alias Oin and Mahfudin alias Udin.

Police learned about the three officers' involvement after they had captured members of both gangs on Sunday. The three officers were arrested the following day.

"The members of the gangs informed police detectives about the involvement of the three police officers," said Edi. (24/nvn)