Toll road crash yields mystery

JAKARTA (JP): Police are investigating two men found in possession of three pistols and 100 bullets after a serious traffic accident on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road on Friday morning.

City police detectives chief Alex Bambang Riatmodjo said the men were admitted to the National Police Hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta.

"Both men are still unconscious," Alex told The Jakarta Post late Friday.

"They are in very bad shape, and one has his entire head bandaged. Both were transferred from the Cibitung Hospital to the Kramat Jati hospital after about 12 p.m."

The two, Hendra, 30, and Indra, 29, who was driving the black Suzuki Escudo van, collided with a trailer truck near Jatibening, Bekasi, at 7 a.m..

Bekasi Police said the vehicle was not speeding when it suddenly swerved and hit the truck.

In contrast to Alex's description of the seriousness of the injuries, toll road patrol officer Second Lt. Dominggus Pahnaeal said the men were conscious after the accident. They told him they were intelligence officers from a law enforcement institution in West Java and should not be arrested.

They were unable to show proof of identification to Dominggus, who later found the guns and bullets in the van.(ylt/emf)