Suspected highway robbers nabbed

Suspected highway robbers nabbed

JAKARTA (JP): Police efforts to fight crime on the Cikampek
toll road paid off on Monday when they identified three men
thought to belong to a notorious six-member gang in Cimahi, West
Java.

Karawang chief of detectives Setya Widodo identified the three
men only as Par, Riki and Roj, alias Ron, alias Bas.

The police shoot at the robbers after they resisted arrest.
The other three members are still at large.

Widodo told Antara that Roj and his gang always wore military
or police uniforms to stop vehicles on the road. They also used
cell phones and fake military number plates on their vehicles.

Robbery on the toll road had increased recently, according to
Widodo. Robbers usually target trucks transporting commercial
goods.

Widodo said Roj had confessed to committing five robberies on
the road, with the last one occurring several days ago when he
and his gang robbed a truck transporting 3,200 packaged
beverages.