Reckless Driver on Gunung Sahari Carries a Machete and Toy Gun

A toy gun and two sharp weapons, including a machete, were found in the car of Hafiz Mahendra (25), who was driving recklessly and against traffic on Jalan Gunung Sahari, Central Jakarta.

“A toy gun and two sharp weapons, a machete and a dagger, were also found,” said the Head of Traffic at the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, Kombes Komarudin, to reporters on Thursday (26/2).

The discovery of the toy gun and sharp weapons is being further investigated by investigators from the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Jakarta Pusat Metropolitan Police.

In addition, the police also found four vehicle registration plates in the black car. The four pairs of license plates include two B plates, one G plate, and one B plate. The police are currently investigating the ownership of the license plates.

“Four or four pairs of different vehicle registration plates were found,” he said.

Previously, the reckless driving incident was recorded in a video and went viral on social media. One of them was uploaded to the Instagram account @jakarta.terkini.

In the uploaded video, a car is seen driving against traffic in the middle of a fairly heavy traffic flow. A police officer is also seen trying to stop the vehicle.

In the video, the police officer appears to be firing a pistol into the air as a warning for the car to stop.

However, instead of stopping, the driver of the car continued to accelerate and hit a number of other vehicles, from motorcycles to cars.

The driver’s actions angered residents in the area. Residents were seen chasing the car while hitting it with helmets.

The Head of the Jakarta Pusat Metropolitan Police, Kombes Reynold Hutagalung, said that the driver was driving recklessly and against traffic because he was found to be using fake license plates. He said that the driver immediately fled when he was about to be stopped by officers.

“It is suspected that he was using fake license plates on Jalan Gunung Sahari, so he was stopped by traffic officers Aiptu Basri and Aipda Jimber,” said Reynold.

“So he was afraid and fled, then entered Jalan Gunung Sahari and drove against traffic from south to north,” he added.