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Beware of new modus in car robberies

Motorists in the city have been urged to practice caution when driving next to motorcycles with more than one rider that attempt to stop their vehicle

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Fri, February 14, 2014

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Beware of new modus in car robberies

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otorists in the city have been urged to practice cautionwhen driving next to motorcycles with more than one rider that attempt to stoptheir vehicle.

Jakarta Police Vehicles Robbery Unit head Comr. Cornelius Masubhara said that many robbers would tell motorists that they had a flat tire to get them to pull over. The robbers would then pretend to help the motorists while attempting to steal any valuable belongs in their car. 

Cornelius said that he had deployed four personnel disguised as thugs to guard certain areas prone to such robberies.

'€œAll personnel have been deployed to arrest those using such tactics in the robberies,'€ he said as quoted by tribunnews.com.

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