Police seized 142 thousand rubles from suspects in the attack on the post office in Moscow

Police officers seized 142 thousand rubles from suspects in the robbery at the Russian Post office in the south of Moscow. This was announced on August 9 by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk.

"The operatives seized money in the amount of 142 thousand rubles from the defendants. Currently, all of them have been taken to the territorial police authorities, and all the circumstances of the incident are being clarified," Wolf wrote on her Telegram channel.

The official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs clarified that police officers had detained five suspects between the ages of 29 and 67. Some of them have previous convictions. Currently, all of them have been taken to the territorial police authorities, the circumstances of the incident are being clarified.

The robbery took place on August 8 in the Tsaritsyno area. It was reported that two unidentified men, wearing masks, threatened an employee with an object structurally similar to a pistol, stole money and fled. A criminal case was opened under Part 4 of Article 162 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Robbery"). Later, on August 9, police officers detained the suspects.

The company's press service told Izvestia that Russian Post customers would not suffer due to the actions of intruders. It was noted that the funds operated by the Russian Post are insured.

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