Want to escape to Bali, KPT Police Arrested
KALIPURO – It didn't take long to arrest two perpetrators of theft of pearls belonging to PT. Disthi Sacred Pearl in the waters of Banyu Biru Bay, Tegaldlimo sub-district that has run away. Thursday at 12.30, These two pearl thief gangs were successfully arrested by the Tanjung Wangi Port Sector Police (KPT) in front of the Port of LCM Ketapang who was about to escape to Bali.
The two bands of pearl thieves are each named Laode Muhamad Darwis, 38 and Nelson Mayor, 37. Both are registered as residents of Jalan Ade Irma Nasution, RT02/RW01 Klabala Village, Sorong District, West Papua.
These two people are friends of Rahman, 29, who were previously secured by the Banyu Wangi AL TNI officers because they were caught stealing 42 pearl grains in the pearl cultivation area in the Alas Purwo National Park area.
The arrest of the fugitive pearl thief started with the arrest of one thief, Rahman. To Indonesian Navy officers, Rahman informed the physical characteristics of the two escaped companions and the vehicle they were carrying.
After the characteristics were pocketed by the Indonesian Navy and it was known that both of them would flee to Bali, Post Commander (Danpos) TNI AL Muncar, First Lieutenant Bambang immediately informed the KPT Police to narrow the space for these two perpetrators.
"Information we received at 11.30 (17/3) from the Laka Head of the Banyuwangi Police, Iptu Kateno, that the cars of the two perpetrators drove towards the port,"said Kapolsek KPT AKP Hadi Siswoyo through Kanitreskrim, Iptu Suryono Bakti.
About an hour later after the information was obtained, police officers found a white Avanza car with the license plate number DR 1157 AY is on the side of the road, exactly in front of the entrance to the Port of LCM Ketapang.
It is believed that the vehicle will go to Bali, the officer immediately checked the white Avanza. That's right, when the officer checks, The characteristics of the perpetrator who ran away turned out to be the same as the two people who were driving the white Avanza with the Lombok plate.
"The perpetrator's car did not go straight to the port", but chose to pull over first on the side of the road in front of the port. Maybe the goal is to wait for the officer to be careless, but Alhamdulillah we managed to secure them first,"explained the Head of the KPT Police Traffic Unit, Aiptu Sukirno.
Kanitreskrim Suryono added, During the examination, both of them denied that they were involved in the pearl theft. After being escorted to the KPT Police Headquarters,, In the end, the two perpetrators admitted that they had indeed stolen the pearls in the waters of Banyu Biru Bay, Tegaldlimo District with Rahman, who had been caught the day before.
"The two people from Papua we immediately handed over to the Banyuwangi Police, The handling of this case is carried out at the Polres,” he added. As previously reported, a pearl thief PT. Disthi Sacred Pearl in the waters of Banyu Biru Bay, Tegaldlimo . District, caught in the hands of company security officers and the Navy Wednesday (16/3) o'clock 19.30 yesterday.
From the hands of the perpetrator, officers managed to secure 42 stolen pearls worth approx. Rp 50 million and some other evidence. One perpetrator who was caught was Rahman, 29, East Jakarta resident born in Sorong, Papua.
He doesn't act alone. There were two of his friends who also participated in the theft. Dear, when the arrest is made, both managed to escape by boat. From the perpetrator's confession, The stolen pearls are about to be sold to Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).(radar)
