Police suspect veteran robbers of Tuesday's armed robbery
Police suspect veteran robbers of Tuesday's armed robbery
JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Police detectives strongly suspect
two men as the culprits of Tuesday's afternoon armed robbery in
which the two suspects robbed a couple of Rp 68 million
(US$9067).
The incident occurred in the parking lot of a car showroom on
Jl. Buncit Raya in Pancoran.
South Jakarta Police chief of detectives Maj. Rycko Amelza
Daniel identified the men only as Sa and Mo.
"Sa is a longtime robber who lives in Depok. I know his wife
very well. He is actually an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver but is
also a thief. His wife has told him many times to give up robbing
people," officer Rycko said.
Earlier on Tuesday, the main victim from whom the money was
snatched, Mrs. Erniyanti, 43, was carrying the cash in her black
purse.
"She had come with her husband in a white Feroza jeep to pay
for a Peugeot sedan they had planned to buy from PT Astra Prima.
Upon entering the parking lot, two men on a Yamaha RX King
motorcycle held a machete to her neck and robbed her," Rycko told
reporters.
He added that two of his Mobile Detectives (Resmob) officers
had already rented a place near Sa's house in Depok and had paid
a down payment for three months.
"Let's see what comes out of this. We should get these men
within two months, since he visits his wife only once or twice a
month. He has had with him this Madura gang of robbers for a
long, long time," he said.
Rycko explained that Erniyanti and her husband, who lives on
Jl. Semanggi II in Ciputat, had haggled her for three days over
the price of the car they were going to buy.
"They finally agreed to a price they would pay. When they went
to the showroom on Tuesday they were robbed," Rycko said.
Sa and Mo are also suspected of a robbery on Jan. 21, in which
four men riding on two motorcycles with helmets and black jackets
robbed a man of a bag containing Rp 85 million.
Before taking off, one of the culprits slashed the lower part
of the left arm of the victim, identified later as Suparwi, with
a machete.
The robbery took place in front of the victim's house on Jl.
Damai V, South Jakarta, just as Suparwi got out of his van with
his brother Suradi and driver Dono. Suradi told reporters that
the whole incident took place within three minutes.
"Those men came. When my brother got out of the car, they
grabbed the bag from him, slashed his left arm and sped off," he
said. He explained that his brother, a businessman like himself,
had just withdrawn the money from a BCA branch office on Jl.
Fatmawati.
"That money was for a new car," Suradi said. Based on witness
testimony, police were able to identify two of the suspected gang
members as Sa and Mo.
Rycko added that armed robberies against city residents,
particularly bank customers, frequently occurred at Friday midday
when the streets were busy with Muslims, including police
officers, who temporarily left their work for the Friday prayer.
(ylt)