Thieves make off with three cars

Thieves make off with three cars

DEPOK: A gang of robbers have stolen three cars over the last
five days in two subdistricts in Depok.

The robbers are armed with sharp weapons and guns, and are
considered dangerous.

The latest incident took place on Monday at about 2 a.m. when
five robbers broke into a house in Cilakap village, Cimanggis
district. The gang threatened the owner of the house, Parman, and
his family with machetes before making off with a Kijang minivan,
Rp 5 million (US$588.24) in cash, 150 grams of gold jewelry and a
cellular phone.

Last Thursday, six robbers broke into a house in Sukamaju
subdistrict, Cimanggis district, in the early morning. They shot
the owner of the house in the leg when he attempted to resist
them, before fleeing a car, a cellular phone and Rp 2 million in
cash.

At about 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, a man filed a police report
after his car was stolen from in front of the Al-Anwar Mosque in
Gandul subdistrict, Limo district.

Cimanggis Police chief Adj. Comr. Sumaryo said his officers
were searching for the robbers.

"We are still collecting information from the victims and
looking for witnesses. We suspect that the robbers are members of
an auto theft syndicate," he said. -- JP