Security guards held for theft

Security guards held for theft

JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta police have arrested four
security guards for stealing a safe deposit box containing Rp
19.6 million (US$8,340) from a shopping center they worked at.

According to Lt. Col. Andi Chaerudin, the newly-appointed head
of the West Jakarta police, the four suspects were caught in a
taxi by accident yesterday morning by police officers who were
examining motorists during a routine operation at Tubagus Angke
in Jelambar.

During the examination, the police patrol found the broken
deposit box and various tools, such as a crowbar and pliers,
Chaerudin said.

The suspicious officers then asked the four men to explain the
presence of the box and the tools to the detectives at the police
station.

The suspects admitted that they are security guards at the ITC
Mangga Dua shopping center and had taken the deposit box from an
outlet on the fourth floor of the building about five hours
earlier.

They were later identified as Solikhin Sujana, Gumanti, Wardin
and Samsul Palak.

The arrest of the four was warmly welcomed by the suspects'
co-workers, who apparently had been struggling to find the
answers to a series of mysteries concerning missing items at the
building. (bsr)