In Irkutsk, police detained a suspect in less than a day for robbing a shop clerk on Marshal Konev Street. He threatened a woman with a knife and stole 10 thousand rubles, then fled.
A 42-year-old shop assistant on Marshal Konev Street reported the attack to the police. She said that around 4 p.m., an unknown man wearing a medical mask entered the kiosk. After making sure there were no customers in the sales area, he jumped over the refrigeration equipment, held a knife to the woman’s throat, and then took 10,000 rubles in daily proceeds from the pockets of her smock before fleeing.It took investigators less than a day to identify the attacker and detain him. The suspect turned out to be a 36-year-old resident of the neighboring Pervomaisky microdistrict, previously convicted of theft and robbery. He managed to spend part of the stolen money on buying drugs, which he has been using for several years.
At present, investigators of the Irkutsk police have opened a criminal case under Article 162 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (robbery). The offender has been placed in a temporary detention facility.
In the near future, a preventive measure in the form of remand in custody will be chosen for him.
Based on materials from the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Irkutsk