Police shot dead one and arrest three criminals
Police shot dead one and arrest three criminals
JAKARTA (JP): Police shot dead one man and arrested three
others during a routine police operation against sharp weapons
and drugs early Monday, an officer said.
It is believed the four were members of a vehicle theft gang.
Central Jakarta Police chief of detectives Maj. Budiono Sandi
said the officers were forced to shoot one of the suspects
because he resisted arrest and tried to attack them.
Budiono identified the dead man as Yadi, 35, and his three
accomplices as Abdulrahman alias Hermansyah, 27, Heru Setyawan
alias Konco, 28, and Haryanto, 35.
"The arrest took place on Jl. Taruna Raya in Kemayoran at
about 3:30 a.m.," Budiono said.
The four were traveling in a Kijang van when the officers
stopped them in the operation.
"The officers found a gun toy, sickles and a physician's
shirt," he said, adding that when police asked to see their
identity cards, Yadi refused the request and pulled out a sharp
weapon from his trouser pocket.
The officers reportedly fired a warning shot, but Yadi ignored
it. "Yadi even challenged my subordinates to fight," he said.
Yadi's friends tried to run away after the officers fired but
were immediately blocked off by the officers.
The three were then sent to the Central Jakarta Police Station
for further questioning, while Yadi's body was rushed to Cipto
Mangunkusumo General Hospital for a postmortem examination.
Police obtained the address of one of them in Cimanggis, East
Jakarta, where they confiscated a Kijang van.
"Three other Kijang vans were later seized in separate places
in South Jakarta," Budiono said.
The three reportedly confessed that they stole the vehicles on
the Cengkareng and Kebon Jeruk toll roads in West Jakarta and the
Ancol toll road in North Jakarta
In a similar operation last week, Central Jakarta Police
arrested four men believed to be members of a group of vehicle
thieves.
Police identified two of them as former Army members Tasli
Dewantoro and Rasmadi, while the two were identified as Agus Amba
and Muhammad Mustafa.
The police confiscated an FN 45 handgun with four bullets, a
number of forged vehicle ownership documents and fake keys from
the four.
Vehicle thieves have modified their modus operandi over the
last few months by wearing security personnel uniforms in order
to stop motorists on quiet streets.
The thieves usually stop passing vehicles while claiming to be
on-duty officers checking identification cards, or looking for
narcotics or weapons inside vehicles. Victims are usually lone
motorists.
In most cases, the bogus officers manage to enter the vehicles
before the drivers realize they are being robbed. To date, most
victims have been dumped on toll roads. (emf)