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Teenagers arrested for possessing sharp weapons in Depok

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
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Mon, March 26, 2018 Published on Mar. 26, 2018 Published on 2018-03-26T15:45:34+07:00

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A member of Depok Police’s Jaguar Team for street crime combat show confiscated sharp weapons on Feb. 4. A member of Depok Police’s Jaguar Team for street crime combat show confiscated sharp weapons on Feb. 4. (Warta Kota/ Budi Sam Law Malau)

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he Depok Police in West Java have arrested seven teenagers for bringing sharp weapons while they were hanging out at Taman Merdeka in Sukmajaya district.

The police’s Jaguar Team, tasked with combating street crime, alleged that the teenagers were involve in a brawl on Sunday.

“We’ve transferred them to the Sukmajaya Police office,” team chief First Insp. Winam Agus said as quoted by tribunnews.com on Monday.

Sukmajaya Police chief First Insp. Sulaeman said his team was currently investigating the case further and that “they definitely will be punished [and charged under Emergency Law No. 12/1951] if they’re proven to have possessed the sharp weapons.”

If the sharp weapons were not theirs and they were not involved in the crimes, Sulaeman added, the police would put them in counseling sessions before returning them to their family. (vla)

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