progresifjaya.id, JAKARTA – A joint team from the Polres Metro Tangerang City and the Jatanras Sub-Directorate, Ditreskrimum Polda Metro Jaya arrested HK, the perpetrator of the robbery of a watch shop in the Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) 2 area, Jakarta Utara. As a result of this action, the watch shop that was robbed suffered a loss of Rp14 billion.
HK was arrested on Tuesday, (11/6) at around 18.50 WIB at a hotel in the Cipanas area, Puncak, Bogor, West Java.
Kabid Humas of Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Pol Ade Ary Syam Indradi in his official statement said, that the perpetrator carried out the robbery using a sharp weapon last Saturday, (8/6).
“From CCTV it is clear that he entered alone using a sharp weapon. From downstairs he threatened a shop employee who finally handed over the watch,” he explained, Wednesday, (12/6)
In the circulating CCTV video of this case, two shop employees are seen working. The shop consists of two floors. The first floor is used by a clothing shop and the second floor is used by a luxury watch shop.
Suddenly someone came in wearing a white shirt and brandished a sharp weapon at the shop employee. The two employees were then put in a room and tied up. Next, the perpetrator went up to the second floor of the shop and took action to steal the luxury watches that were there.
“The estimated loss based on the police report made by the victim is around Rp14 billion. The perpetrator took 18 luxury watches from various brands,” said Kombes Pol Ade Ary ending his statement. (Bembo)