Three nabbed for kidnapping girl

Three nabbed for kidnapping girl

JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta police have arrested three
suspects charged for kidnapping and robbing a 13-year-old girl
from her English college on Jl. Panglima Polim.

Chief of South Jakarta Police, Sr. Supt. Edward Aritonang said
on Monday that the police apprehended Mahendrata Gautama, alias
Alldo, Wicky Asmoro Heandaru Bowo, alias Wiki, and student
Muhamad Mirza, alias Edi.

All of them are aged between 23 and 24 and the first two
suspects are jobless.

Officer Edward said the police confiscated a green Kijang with
a fake license plate, a Nokia cell phone, a pair of diamond
earrings, three packages of putaw (low grade heroin) and a
dagger.

Aritonang said they approached the victim, identified as Tasya
who is a student at Tarakanita I Junior High School, when she had
just finished her English class on Aug. 25.

Wiki told the girl that he was a detective from the City
Police and that he was going to nab a drug distributor at the
college. He then asked her to help him by coming to his car.

Meanwhile, the two other suspects, Alldo and Edi, were already
in the car. The three men robbed Tasya with the dagger shortly
after she got into the car.

After searching Tasya's bag, the men found a pair of diamond
earrings, an ATM card, S$200 in cash and a cell phone.

They later used the phone to blackmail the girl's parents for
Rp 5 million.

Aritonang said his team managed to arrest the suspects after
tracing the number of the victim's cell phone.

After a long search, the police located a rented house on Jl.
Poncol Jaya in Kuningan, South Jakarta, and sent a team to the
address where they arrested Wiki and Warso.

The police later apprehended Edi at his residence on Jl.
Tulodong Atas in Senayan, South Jakarta, and confiscated a green
Kijang. (jaw/07)