In Vinnytsia region, police detained an interregional criminal group of travelers from Dnipropetrovsk region
Professional thieves account for about a dozen thefts from the homes of residents of Vinnytsia region, as well as property crimes committed on the territory of other regions. On October 20, the Criminal Investigation Department operatives together with special agents detained previously convicted criminals near the city. Unreconciled after another theft. They moved by car. The suspects carried stolen cash and gold products.
According to the head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the GUNP in Vinnytsia region Andriy Damzin, the detainees are previously convicted immigrants from Dnipropetrovsk region. After committing several thefts, similar in their “handwriting”, the operatives of the Criminal Investigation Department went on the trail of the criminal group and subsequently detained them on the territory of Vinnytsia district.
One of the members of the group had previously been prosecuted ten times for property crimes and was wanted for theft. During his detention, he was in camouflage military uniform. His sharer in the past also served five years in prison for theft of property.
The participants of the group acted according to a previously worked out scheme. They committed thefts from private households in the villages of the region. In cases where the owners were at home, the thieves represented themselves as representatives of the gas service or the military command. While “checking” gas meters or documents from future recruits, one of the attackers distracted people, and the other stole funds and valuables.
Thieves carefully prepared for crimes, often changed the cars on which they moved.
The suspects were detained at a gas station at the entrance to the city. Unsatisfied after they committed theft from the home of a pensioner in one of the villages of the Yampil territorial community. Thieves took from an elderly woman all her savings - more than 33 thousand hryvnias.
The detainees are currently in a temporary detention facility. For all the facts of committing crimes, criminal proceedings under Part 3 of Article 185 (Theft) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine have been opened. Such crimes are punishable by imprisonment for up to six years.
Department of communication of police of Vinnytsia region
