The kidnapper of seven down jackets caught in Saransk

In October, the director of a store in a shopping center on Volgogradskaya Street reported to the police that seven down jackets were missing. The damage was estimated at 170 thousand rubles. Criminal investigation officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Mordovia, together with operatives of the police department No. 1, identified the alleged criminal.

It turned out to be a 40-year-old resident of the Nizhny Novgorod region. After the theft, the man with the help of the search service traveled from Saransk to the neighboring region, where he planned to commit a similar crime.

The suspect was detained in Bogorodsk, where his partner lives, and then taken to Saransk.

Later, investigators found out that the man could be involved in six more thefts in other regions. All crimes were committed in sporting goods stores under a similar scheme.

Having chosen several things, the man went to the dressing room and removed anti-theft devices from his clothes. He then put the stolen items under his jacket, walked out of the store and hid them in his wardrobe. After that, the attacker returned to the trading room and repeated his actions.

He sold the stolen clothes in other regions for about half the cost, the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

Against the man opened a criminal case under part 1 of article 158 of the criminal code of the Russian Federation. Police continue to gather evidence in the case.