Police are chasing four men for Rp 100m robbery

Police are chasing four men for Rp 100m robbery

JAKARTA (JP): Bogor Police are pursuing four people in
connection with the shooting of a man during the armed robbery of
Rp 100 million (US$10,000) on Jl. Baru Ciheuleut in Sawah
village, East Bogor, on Wednesday afternoon.

East Bogor police chief First. Insp. Budi Setiono identified
the victim as Syaheri, 45, the driver of Junaedi, a clove dealer
whose money was stolen.

"Syaheri was shot in the right arm and stomach. We have
questioned several witnesses and they say the gun used in the
robbery was an FN pistol," Budi told reporters on Wednesday.

Budi said that, according to witnesses' testimonies, Junaedi
had ordered his two employees, Gani and Adi, to withdraw Rp 100
million from Bank Lippo on Jl. Juanda in Bogor.

Syaheri drove both employees to the bank in his boss' Daihatsu
Feroza jeep to withdraw the cash.

From the bank, they were heading for Junaedi's residence, in
the Villa Duta complex No. 30, when four men riding two Yamaha
RX-King motorcycles chased the Daihatsu Feroza jeep, drew along
side and forced it to stop.

Budi said that one man got off a motorcycle and immediately
fired two shots in the driver's side window, hitting Syaheri.

"After that, another man took out a sickle, put it on the neck
of Gani and snatched the package containing the money from Gani's
hands. The robbers then fled the scene," Budi said.

Meanwhile, other sources insisted that Gani and Adi had
withdrawn a total of Rp 400 million from Bank Lippo, but only Rp
100 million was robbed from Gani.

In an unrelated development, Bogor Police Chief Adj. Comr.
Bambang Wasgito told reporters that police arrested two of three
thieves caught red-handed stealing neon lights from a billboard
sign in the Gunung Putri area early on Wednesday morning.

Bambang identified the men as Sahwil bin Kodirin, 24, and
Andi, 26. (21)