Three arrested for bank robbery

Three arrested for bank robbery

MEDAN: Police have arrested three of the four people they
suspect of robbing Bank Tamara of Rp 529 million (US$220,000)
last week.

Head of the detective unit at the province's police command,
Sukris Prayitno, said police arrested two suspects, each aged 34,
in Deli Serdang Friday, just a day after they caught the first
culprit.

They admitted receiving Rp 30 million and 50 million each from
the loot.

The first suspect, MY, was arrested in Jambi. Assuming the
name of Dedi Iskandar, the suspect resisted arrest and was shot
in the leg before he surrendered, Antara reported.

Dedi was a member of the Mobile Brigade, the police's special
force, who was assigned to secure the bank at the time of the
incident. He was arrested at his luxurious home in Jambi.

The suspect, who worked for the bank for two years, admitted
he had planned the robbery a long time ago, Antara reported. (11)