Arrest of Indonesian nationals suspected of puncturing car tires to commit robbery

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

The police arrested 2 Indonesian men who are suspected of puncturing the tire of a car in order to rob money from the car owner who had just withdrawn money from the bank. Touch Naroth, Phnom Penh police commissioner, indicated that 2 Indonesian men were arrested after their group of 4 men followed a car belonging to a person who had just withdrawn money from a bank near Phsar Thmei, in front of the police station in Srah Chak commune. According to an official of the criminal police, the police set up surveillance in front of the bank, waiting to catch the suspects. At 4:00 PM, the 4 suspects riding on 2 motorcycles, followed a car whose owner who had just withdrawn money from the bank. When the car arrived in front of the Yukanthor high school, it had a flat tire, and the 4 suspects rushed towards the stopped car. However, plainclothes police officers immediately intervened to arrest the suspects, but only two of them were caught on Mao Tse Tung Blvd. Touch Naroth indicated that previous robberies were conducted in this manner, just like in another foreign country. Touch Naroth called on people who withdraw money from the bank to pay attention to the tactics used by the robbers.