Jakarta Police said Wednesday they arrested 102 suspects in the last month for car and motorcycle theft.
The deputy head of the police's general crime unit, Adj. Sr. Comr. Rudy Sufahriadi, said police had also confiscated 61 cars and 45 motorcycles from the suspects, along with false documents and equipment allegedly used in the thefts.
"(The suspects) belong to six different syndicates, most of them from other regions, who committed their operations in the city," he said.
Most of the suspects allegedly stole cars from upscale residential areas, but one syndicate allegedly led by a woman chartered cars from rental services and then pawned them.
"Renting cars is not expensive ... after they got the money from the pawn shops they ran away," Rudy said.
Most of the stolen cars were so-called multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) of various makes, including Toyota and Daihatsu. MPVs are easy to sell, especially in regions where they are used for public transport, Rudy added.
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