Police hunted down a motorbike thief after discovering his money-making scheme was to pawn off his stolen vehicles.
Wayan Sudiasa, 44, was arrested on Saturday when police lured him to a shop where he had pawned a stolen motorbike.
Singaraja City Police Chief I Nyoman Suarnata says they figured out what Sudiasa was up to when they found a Honda Beat that had been reported stolen at the pawn shop. From there, it was only a matter of getting the pawn shop to ask Sudiasa to come in so police could catch him.
That’s when they learned the perp had two other stolen motorbikes, a Yamaha F1 and a Honda Vario.
Police say Sudiasa would steal motorbikes by claiming to be a friend of the bike’s owner when they left the house.
“He would go to their house and borrow the key from the woman of the house, without raising suspicion, because he claimed to know the victim and the woman would give the key, then the perp would take the motorbike,” Suarnata explained on Monday, as quoted by Tribun Bali.
Sudiasa apparently needed the money from stolen bikes, even though he claimed he works as an entrepreneur, selling bricks.
The man is currently in Singaraja Police custody and could face theft charges carrying a max of five years in prison.
