In Irkutsk police detained a first year university student suspected of a robbery attack at the Bolotnaya stop. He sprayed gas in a womans face grabbed her bag with documents money and phone then fled leaving his own mobile at the scene. Thanks to the victims detailed description and data from the found phone he was identified and detained that same evening.
Last weekend, the duty unit of Police Department No. 2 of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Directorate for the city of Irkutsk received a phone call from a resident of the Yubileyny microdistrict. The woman said that a few minutes earlier, at the Bolotnaya bus stop, an unknown man had sprayed her in the face with gas from a canister, snatched her bag, and fled. The brave Irkutsk woman, unwilling to part with her personal belongings, tried to catch up with the offender on her own, but he turned out to be faster.Detectives from the criminal investigation department questioned the victim in detail; her stolen items included documents, money, and a mobile phone. Not far from the scene, officers found another cell phone, which the robber had dropped in his haste.
As Deputy Head of the Criminal Investigation Department Police Major Alexey Vinogradov explained, the victim’s detailed description and the information obtained from the mobile phone made it possible to identify the suspected participant in the armed robbery. That same evening, the offender was detained. He turned out to be a first-year student at one of Irkutsk’s universities.
Criminal proceedings have been initiated against the detainee, who caused the victim damage amounting to about 20,000 rubles, under Part 2 of Article 162 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, “Robbery,” which carries a penalty of up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region