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Pleasure craft worth Rp 150m stolen from Thousand Islands
The local police say such thefts are common on islands.
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Mangrove on Untung Jawa Island in Thousand Islands regency, Jakarta. (Wikimedia Commons/Taman Renyah)
Five pleasure craft went missing from the eastern beach of Untung Jawa Island in South Thousand Islands on Monday -- an occurrence police say is common on the island.
The craft, consisting of three banana boats and two donut boats, belonged to residents who run tourism businesses.
South Thousand Islands Police chief Adj. Comr. Budi Hastono said such occurrences were common in the area. "We are still looking for the perpetrators. However, we think the perpetrators are in a group as boat theft is common in Thousand Islands," Budi said on Tuesday, as quoted by kompas.com.
Agung, who was in charge of managing banana boats on the beach, reported the theft of two banana boats and one donut boat to police when he found they were not in their storage room.
Another victim, Yusran, found his banana boat and donut boat had been deflated in their storage room.
As a result, the victims suffered Rp 150 million (US$10,366) in losses.
Police chief Budi alleged the perpetrators were residents who made use of small illegal ports in the area. He said they might use traditional boats when stealing.
"I suspect there are four to six perpetrators who are residents of the area. They are working together with Tanjung Kait residents, as the boats disembark there," he said. (ars)
