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)