Kupastuntas.co, Metro – “Gambling promises victory” is a lyrics from a song by the legendary musician Roma Irama which deserves to be pinned on Haikal Akbar Tanjung (29), a warehouse security officer at the Metro City Logistics Agency (Bulog) in Lampung Indonesia who was arrested for the theft of 2 tons of rice in a warehouse which he should take care of.

Haikal was arrested by Metro Lampung City Police on Tuesday (21/3/2023). From this arrest, the police have obtained four other names who helped Haikal steal and are now on the Police Wanted List.

West Metro Sector Police Chief IPTU Amirul Hasan said the theft carried out by Haikal and his accomplice had taken place twice.

Haikal, who is a Bulog Warehouse Security Guard in the Ganjar Agung unit area, took action to steal rice that was in the local Bulog 08 warehouse.

"On Monday, March 13 2023, when the head of the Bulog Warehouse together with office staff and warehouse workers made arrangements for the arrangement of rice in warehouse number 08. Then, it was discovered that from the hospitalization stock there were 2,825 50 kg sacks of rice but after recounting there were 24 sacks lacking or missing," said the Chief of Police, Friday (24/3/2023).

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"Then on Wednesday, March 15 2023, another check was carried out at warehouse 08 and 16 sacks of 50 kg packaged rice were found to be lacking or missing again," he added.

The mode used by the suspect was to create a quiet warehouse. The man, who is from Purwodadi Village, Trimurjo District, Central Lampung Regency, previously asked fellow security guards to go buy fried rice.

"The perpetrator was both a night guard. So, when the suspect wanted to commit the theft, he ordered his friend to buy fried rice at the Metro market, then the suspect's friends, who were thieves, entered the warehouse," explained IPTU Amirul Hasan.

"So the key to the warehouse was indeed in the safe and he did know the place. So he opened the warehouse using the key," he added.

During the examination, the suspect admitted to committing the first theft on Sunday (12/3/2023) at around 23.00 PM. Then he launched the second theft on Wednesday (14/3/2023) at around 01.30 AM.

"From his confession he had committed the theft twice, so he stole sacks containing rice in the warehouse and transported them using a car. Each sack was packaged in 50 kg," said the police chief.

Haikal also admitted to the police that he had received a total profit of IDR 4 million from selling the stolen rice at the warehouse. "He got IDR 2.6 million for the first theft, then for the second theft he got a share of IDR 1.4 million," he explained.

The Chief of Police said that the motive for what the suspect and his accomplice did was due to being pressured into debts due to online gambling.

"His motive for committing this theft was because he was in online gambling debt, and his friends who took part in stealing it and are now in the Wantede List also have the same motive because it is to pay debts and meet economic needs," he said.

Haikal is the mastermind behind the rice theft at the Bulog warehouse. Meanwhile, the four suspects are now fugitives from the police. Those are Sigit, Yanto, Kucing and Muntul.

"We secured the suspect, who is a security guard, while he was working at the warehouse. All of the his friends are residents of Trimurjo District. It's just a different village," he explained.

As a result of his actions, the Bulog warehouse in the Ganjar Agung unit area suffered a loss of 40 sacks of 50 kg packaged rice which, if estimated in rupiah, is 20 million.

Now Haikal along with the evidence of thirteen white sacks with the words ComPlet Feed for laying hens Netto 50 Kg and a roll of brown tablecloth carpet are secured at the West Metro Police Headquarters.

The suspect is threatened with fasting and Eid in prison. Article 363 of the Criminal Code threatens him with a maximum sentence of 7 years in prison. (*)