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Alert! Specialist Thief Grocery Store in Banyuwangi, The action was caught on CCTV

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The thieves were caught on CCTV (Photo: seblang.com)

SEBLANG.COM – A grocery store specialist thief roams the Bomo Village area, Blimbingsari District, Banyuwangi. The perpetrators managed to steal money and trade cigarettes which resulted in the owner losing millions of rupiah.

This time, The thieves' actions, which are increasingly troubling local residents, were caught on CCTV cameras, Saturday morning (29/01/2022) around 01.47 WIB.

In the CCTV footage at Joko Hariyono's grocery store, local people, the perpetrator was seen alone carrying a flashlight and a small crowbar without a head covering, so that the face of the perpetrator is clearly visible.

He prying open the shop windows and then stealing money that was in the shop for approximately Rp. 200 thousand. Besides that, thieves also looted cigarettes of various brands which were estimated to be worth approximately Rp. 3 millions.

Joko Hariyono said, the theft inside his store was discovered on Saturday morning around 05.00 WIB. He was surprised to see that the shop window was in a messy state and the various brands of cigarettes were missing.

Then after checking the CCTV footage, it turned out that there were thieves who had broken into his grocery store.

“The thief was running around 10 just minutes. The perpetrators stole cigarette merchandise and money in a drawer of around Rp. 200 thousands. If my loss is estimated at Rp. 3 million more,said Joko to seblang.com, Tuesday (1/2/2022).

Joko explained, it is suspected that the thief entered through the building next to the shop which houses a community radio owned by local residents.

“My place is renting here starting this year 2019 and next to the community radio area which is only separated by plywood. He said, the back door where the radio was was not locked because it was broken,he explained.

The CCTV footage shows the perpetrator's face clearly, but Joko did not recognize him. It is suspected that the thief came from outside Bomo Village. "Her face is clear really, but no one knows the people here. I have reported this incident to the police," he explained.

Strong conjecture, The perpetrator of this specialist grocery store theft is related to previous similar acts in the same area. This is increasingly troubling residents.

“Thefts at shops owned by residents in Bomo Village have occurred repeatedly. This is very troubling for us,said Wardoyo, local community leaders.

strange, Wardoyo said, what the thieves stole was not goods in stores such as computers and other electronic goods, instead of looting cigarettes. Nevertheless, of the many incidents, This is the first time a theft at a grocery store has been reported to the police. He also hoped the police to move quickly to catch the perpetrators of the theft.

“Store theft incidents in our area often occur. But this was the first time it was reported to the police because the perpetrator was clearly recorded on CCTV. I hope the police catch the culprit as soon as possible, so that we, especially the residents of Kedunen Hamlet, are not restless and can sleep soundly at night,"hope".

Regarding citizen reports, Until now the police are still conducting an investigation to uncover the case of theft.

"We are still doing research,” said the Head of the Rogojampi Police, Kompol Sudarsono.

Source : https://seblang.com/2022/02/01/waspada-pencuri-spesialis-toko-kelontong-gentayangan-di-banyuwangi-aksinya-terekam-cctv/