Police nab candy bandits

Police nab candy bandits

BOGOR: Bogor Police have arrested six robbers, including two
drivers, who stole 800 boxes of Mentos candy worth Rp 300 million
from two container trucks last month.

Bogor Police subprecinct deputy chief Comr. Edi S. Tambunan
said on Monday that the criminals were nabbed when after trying
to sell the candy in Ririn Hotel, Bogor.

The arrested criminals include Sarkum alias Agus, 39, the
resident of Puspanegara in Citereup, H. Abdurahman alias Oom, 52
from Karang Asem in Citereup, Suherman alias Rara, 31, from
Gunung Punjul in Sukabumi, Asep, 35, and the two drivers of the
trucks, namely Ridwan, 37, and Endang, 30, who are both from
Cilincing in North Jakarta.

The police officer said that they committed the crime on May
16, when the two drivers transported the goods using trucks from
PT Van Melle, the candy producer in Nanggewer, Bogor. The
criminals stole all of the contents and replaced them with sand
in the containers. --JP