In Irkutsk police detained a 37 year old man suspected of stealing three boxes of canned meat from a market on Traktovaya Street. He posed as a buyer loaded stewed beef into a taxi and fled, then spent the money from the sale on drugs. A fraud case has been opened and investigators do not rule out his involvement in other similar crimes.
The day before, officers of the criminal investigation department of Police Station No. 8 of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Irkutsk identified and detained a suspect in the theft of canned meat.A report was received by the police department from a saleswoman at one of the market kiosks on Traktovaya Street. According to the woman, the suspect, posing as a customer, loaded 3 boxes of stewed beef into a taxi and fled without paying for the purchase.
The detained man is a 37-year-old drug-dependent resident of Irkutsk, previously convicted of theft; he admitted his guilt and explained that he spent the money obtained from selling the stew on buying drugs.
A criminal case has been opened under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud). The suspect is currently being held in a pretrial detention center.
According to police officers, the man may be involved in other similar crimes. Citizens who have any information about the suspect’s criminal activities are asked to call: 32-00-02, 21-68-05, or 02.
Based on materials from the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Irkutsk