Police confiscate 18 stolen cars

Police confiscate 18 stolen cars

JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police confiscated 18 stolen vehicles
from 16 alleged car thieves, including vehicles from three buyers
of the stolen cars, over the last two weeks, an official said on
Tuesday.

Chief of the city police detective unit Col. Alex Bambang
Riatmojo said the cars included a dark blue BMW 230i sedan and a
green metallic Timor.

Alex declined to reveal details on the arrest of the 16
suspects, although he said they were arrested in separate
incidents.

"Preliminary investigations show that the thieves worked in
groups, using various methods and moving from one area to
another."

One of the suspects, 32-year-old Bagiarto said he was a former
employee of Bank Sahid Gajah Perkasa, and had been in charge of
maintaining the company's operation vehicles.

"I made a substitute key of the firm's car and gave it to my
friend, Boy Pribadi, who then stole the car when it was parked in
the company's parking lot," Bagiarto said.

He said he had no regrets about his action, as he was angry
with his former company. He said that when he was dismissed from
his office a few months ago, the office did not provide
satisfactory compensation.

"But we had not sold the car, as we were arrested shortly
after the theft took place."

Alex invited city residents whose vehicles had been stolen to
examine the vehicles displayed at city police headquarters on Jl.
Sudirman in South Jakarta.

Alex said the recent seizure of vehicles was carried out by
police detectives in their efforts to maintain security during
the campaigning period. (emf)