Prisoner Cai Changpan Faces Detention Room With Shovel To Escape From Tangerang Prison

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The police have organized the crime scene (TKP) of the escape of drug trafficker Cai Changpan from Class I prison in Tangerang.

Police obtained evidence of a shovel-shaped construction tool that was allegedly used by Cai Changpan to dig a hole in the detention room.

“He (Cai Changpan) used a shovel (to dig). Including the tools we found at the crime scene, such as iron, screwdrivers, chisels, sacks, dirt,” Polda’s head of Public Relations told reporters on Tuesday. Metro Jaya, Police Commissioner Yusri Yunus. (29/9/2020).

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Yusri said, Chai Changpan dug the hole in the detention room in a span of eight months.

Meanwhile, the digging is done up to 30 meters to penetrate outside the prison and make an escape.

“He did it for eight months, so every time he dredged (the land) he would put plastic in and then throw it in the trash and cover it again,” he said.

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In addition, the police also obtained other evidence in the form of dirty clothes, water pumps and hoses.

However, the police are still investigating the two pieces of evidence that could enter the detention room.

“We are still investigating why the interested party was able to take the water pump to a place that we are still exploring,” he said.

Cai Changpan, alias Anthoni, managed to escape from Tangerang Class I prison on September 14, 2020.

He managed to escape after drilling a hole from the room to the sewer with an estimated length of about 30 meters.

So far, he has not been found 13 days after he managed to escape from prison.

Cai Changpan is not the first time he does the action.

It was recorded that on January 24, 2017, the drug lord possessing 135 kilograms of methamphetamine managed to escape from Tanahan House, Bareskrim, Police Station.