Mon, 17 Mar 2003

Two students steal phone 'for fun'

JAKARTA: Police arrested on Saturday two high school students who were caught red-handed stealing a cell phone.

When asked the motive of the robbery, one of the students surprisingly replied "Just for fun...." as quoted by Detik news portal.

Romy Junior, 16 and Roxy Fernando, 16, were captured after they stole a cell phone belonging to Irma of South Jakarta, which had been left unattended at her boarding house.

However, the owner of the boarding house is a policeman. He spotted Romy and Roxy in the act and took them to the city police headquarters. --JP