Police arrest man for two-year-old burglary

Police arrest man for two-year-old burglary

BOGOR (JP): Bogor police arrested on Saturday a man believed
to be a member of a gang of thieves who stole jewelry worth an
estimated Rp 18 billion from a South Jakarta pawn shop two years
ago, Bogor Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Sabar Raharjo said here on
Tuesday.

Sabar said that Makmur (alias Udin, Niko and Umar), 40, who
escaped while being escorted by police a week after the burglary,
was arrested in front of his rented house in Kampung Blok Paku
Cimahpar, Central Bogor, on Saturday evening.

Four of Makmur's accomplices, Yusuf (37), Entan (30), Aat
Cetiadi (29) and Resimed (38), who were apprehended soon after
the burglary, are still in the custody of South Jakarta Police.

Meanwhile, two other accomplices, Dadi Mulyadi (33), the pawn
shop's security guard, and Toha (50), Makmur's elder brother, are
still at large.

According to Sabar, the raid on the suspect's house was made
following reports from local residents, who alleged that he was a
narcotics dealer.

"A resident reported that he once saw two men carrying six
handguns into the house," Sabar said, adding that his men had
monitored the house before the raid.

"Makmur was about to go and buy some medicine when the
officers raided the house, where they found a bag containing two
kilograms of gold jewelry. We also confiscated a Toyota Kijang
van, two motorbikes and a BRI deposit book (recording an account
balance) of Rp 200 million."

Yul Afian, an employee at the South Jakarta pawn shop, alleged
that the suspect had already sold the good quality jewelry.

"The remaining two kilograms is of inferior quality, worth
around Rp 50 million," he said.

The suspect had sold the goods to door-to-door jewelry traders
in Cimahpar, Sabar claimed. "He has also spent some of the
proceeds to buy 1.3 hectares of land in Cimahpar."

"We will hand over the suspect to the South Jakarta Police on
Wednesday," Sabar said. (21/sur)