In Irkutsk, a man burst into a pawnshop and, threatening with an object resembling a rifle, tried to take money and valuables. But the employee managed to press the alarm button, after which guards arrived, and later it was found that the weapon was a metal pipe taped to a wooden stick. A criminal case has been opened for robbery, and the suspect faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to 1 million rubles.
An Irkutsk resident attacked a pawnshop with a homemade weapon. As reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Irkutsk Region, on March 12 a man burst into a pawnshop located in Irkutsk.Threatening with an object resembling a rifle, he demanded that the pawnshop employees hand over money and valuables. Instead, a woman pressed the alarm button. Responding to the alarm, employees of a private security agency arrived at the pawnshop.
It was later revealed that the robber had no weapon with him - he threatened the pawnshop employees with a metal pipe taped to a wooden stick.
A criminal case has been opened under the article “Robbery committed with the use of objects used as weapons.” The maximum punishment is imprisonment for up to 10 years and a fine of up to 1 million rubles.