Two men arrested for hijacking Rp 24m cash

Two men arrested for hijacking Rp 24m cash

JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta police yesterday arrested two
men for allegedly hijacking Rp 24 million (US$10,985) in cash
which was just withdrawn from a bank for a private firm's
payroll.

West Jakarta police head Lt. Col. Made Mangku Pastika said
that the incident took place on Jl. Meruya Ilir, Kebon Jeruk, at
around 11 a.m. when two employees of PT Listrindo stopped at a
repair shop to fix a flat tire on their car.

"The employees did not realize that two people on a motorcycle
took the money easily from the other side of the car," Pastika
said.

Luckily, he added, a number of local residents saw the robbery
and were able to describe the two suspected robbers and their
motorcycle.

Based on a report made by one of the witnesses, police
immediately put out an all points bulletin.

The two were later netted on their Yamaha Alpha motorcycle on
the ring road in Cengkareng.

They were identified as Agung Wijaya, alias Lan, 28, a
resident of Pasar Rumput, South Jakarta, and Ahmad Rozak, 34, a
resident of Pluit, North Jakarta.

As yet there has been no report as to what happened to the
money.

Based on preliminary questioning, the two suspects admitted
they had watched and followed their victims leaving the BII-
Intercon bank parking lot in a Kijang minibus.

"Before their maneuver, the suspected robbers overtook the
minibus and spread nails on the street in order to puncture the
tires," Pastika said.

The two also allegedly confessed to having tried but failing
to carry out two similar robberies on customers of the same bank
on Dec. 12 and 15.

Most of their targets were customers with large amounts of
cash on their hands, Pastika said.

The modus operandi has been used by many criminals in the
greater Jakarta area. The most popular locations for such crimes
are quiet and dimly lit streets. (bsr)