Theft ring leader shot dead

Theft ring leader shot dead

TANGERANG (JP): Police shot dead a man believed to be the
leader of a vehicle theft ring during the Berantas Jaya Operation
early on Thursday in Merak village, Balaraja district.

Tangerang Police deputy chief of detectives Insp. Kustanto
said Apang G. Sanan, alias Deden, 33, was shot for resisting
arrest and attacking officers with a sickle.

He said police had long pursued Apang, the suspected head of
four gang members who are still at large.

Kustanto said Apang and his accomplices usually rode RX King
motorcycles during their heists and would wound their victims
before taking their motorcycle or car.

According to police records, the gang had stolen 12
motorcycles and one Toyota Kijang.

Kustanto added that Apang escaped from the Sepatan Police
detention center after he was arrested for motorcycle theft in
1989.(41)