Two dogs stolen from general's house

Two dogs stolen from general's house

JAKARTA (JP): Two adult German shepherds were stolen from a
one-star Army general's house at the Army's Special Force's
housing complex in East Jakarta on early Tuesday, a police
officer said.

City police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis said the dogs,
worth millions of rupiah on the local market, were kept in a cage
outside the residence of Brig. Gen. Ginting Munte on Jl. Rasamala
in Cijantung II, East Jakarta.

"Police suspect the dogs were poisoned before being removed
from their cages," Lubis said.

A witness, Pvt. second class Sutrisno, who serves as a guard
and driver for Ginting, has been questioned by local police
detectives, Lubis said.

Sutrisno said he saw the dogs were missing from their cage at
about 4:30 a.m.

There was nothing suspicious at the house and the front gate
of the house was still locked, the private was quoted by Lubis as
saying.

Sutrisno said he realized the two dogs had been stolen only
after one of Ginting's family members asked him about the dogs.

Police believe the dogs were stolen by more than one person
and that the thieves entered the grounds of the house by jumping
over the front fence.

The theft probably took place between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m.,
Lubis said.

The dogs, according to Sutrisno, usually barked at any
strangers entering the house. (emf)