Police shoot two alleged gun dealers
Police shoot two alleged gun dealers
JAKARTA (JP): Police shot two men for resisting arrest after
they tried to sell guns to a plainclothes detective in Kebayoran
Lama, South Jakarta, on Monday afternoon.
The suspects were identified as 23-year-old Syarif and
35-year-old Robin alias Agus Dahlan, both residents of Kampung
Pluis in North Grogol of South Jakarta.
Syarif was shot in his left thigh and Agus in his chest.
"The two have long been targets of our surveillance and when
one of our fellow police detectives pretended to inquire about a
gun, they suddenly learned that they were being trapped so they
tried to flee," a police detective, who declined to be named,
said.
Syarif and Agus are being treated at Soekanto Police Hospital
in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta.
Police confiscated an FN pistol, a Colt revolver and 15
bullets from the men.
Police said the suspects sold the guns illegally for between
Rp 10 million (US$1,175) and Rp 12 million each.
Syarif and Agus also are suspected of being members of a
vehicle theft group which often operates on quiet streets,
targeting lone drivers and hijacking the vehicles before dumping
the drivers on toll roads.
"We first put them as wanted vehicle thieves, but later we
found out that they were also selling guns," the officer said.
(emf)
JAKARTA (JP): Police shot two men for resisting arrest after
they tried to sell guns to a plainclothes detective in Kebayoran
Lama, South Jakarta, on Monday afternoon.
The suspects were identified as 23-year-old Syarif and
35-year-old Robin alias Agus Dahlan, both residents of Kampung
Pluis in North Grogol of South Jakarta.
Syarif was shot in his left thigh and Agus in his chest.
"The two have long been targets of our surveillance and when
one of our fellow police detectives pretended to inquire about a
gun, they suddenly learned that they were being trapped so they
tried to flee," a police detective, who declined to be named,
said.
Syarif and Agus are being treated at Soekanto Police Hospital
in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta.
Police confiscated an FN pistol, a Colt revolver and 15
bullets from the men.
Police said the suspects sold the guns illegally for between
Rp 10 million (US$1,175) and Rp 12 million each.
Syarif and Agus also are suspected of being members of a
vehicle theft group which often operates on quiet streets,
targeting lone drivers and hijacking the vehicles before dumping
the drivers on toll roads.
"We first put them as wanted vehicle thieves, but later we
found out that they were also selling guns," the officer said.
(emf)