Yesterday's crime roundup: model suspected to be a mugging victim, driver arrested for raping a domestic worker in North Jakarta
Jakarta (ANTARA) — A number of crime-related stories in Jakarta and its surrounding areas on Friday, 22 May, included the Metro Jaya Police revealing the examination results of a model suspected of being a mugging victim and the arrest of a driver suspected of raping a domestic worker in North Jakarta. The highlights:
Mugging surge: The Metro Jaya Police’s Directorate of General Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimum) will deepen investigations into the main networks behind mugging perpetrators in Jakarta, following the surge in such crimes. ‘We are currently conducting an in-depth study of the networks behind the perpetrators,’ said Dirreskrimum Kombes Pol Iman Imanuddin at a press conference at Mapolda Metro Jaya on Friday.
Metro Jaya Police arrest 173 street-crime suspects in May 2026: From May 1 to 22 May 2026, the Polda Metro Jaya together with district police managed to uncover 127 reports related to offences of robbery with violence, robbery with aggravating circumstances, and motor vehicle theft. ‘In the period 1 to 22 May 2026, Polda Metro Jaya and its jajar an Polres succeeded in uncovering 127 police reports on these crimes,’ said Dirreskrimum Kombes Iman Imanuddin at a press conference in Jakarta on Friday.
Police reveal examination results of model AWS suspected to be mugging victim: The Polda Metro Jaya revealed the results of the forensic examination (visum et repertum) of a model initially identified with the initials AWS who was suspected of being the mugging victim in West Jakarta that had gone viral on social media on Saturday (16/5). After the visum et repertum on the injuries sustained by the victim, it was found that these were not injuries caused by the mugging.
Police arrest driver who rapes domestic worker in Jakut: The Women and Children Protection and Trafficking Protection (PPA-PPO) unit of the North Jakarta Police arrested a driver suspected of raping two domestic workers who had only recently begun working at a home in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta. ‘The depraved act occurred while the employer was not at home,’ said Ni Luh Sri Arsini, head of PPA-PPO at North Jakarta Police, on Friday.
Salemba detention centre foils meth smuggling by visitor: Officers at Salemba Class 1 Detention Centre, Central Jakarta, thwarted the smuggling of methamphetamine weighing 15 grams brought by a visitor and concealed in his genitals. ‘During the inspection, officers detected suspicious movements from a visitor with initials TMA,’ said Wahyu Trah Utomo, head of Salemba Detention Centre, when contacted in Jakarta on Friday.