In Minsk, a vigilant taxi driver prevented the theft of ruberoid from a construction site

Sentenced 47-year-old previously convicted resident of Orsha, who was accused of theft, told the correspondent of the Agency “Minsk-Novosti” in the Prosecutor’s office of the Soviet district.

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The accused stole 16 rolls of ruberoid worth 1,135.20 BYN from the facility under construction and transferred them to the forest belt. He then asked a passerby to call a freight taxi.

The driver suggested that the building materials could be stolen, so he refused to fulfill the order and called the police. The unclean on the hand of a resident of Orsha was detained, another criminal case was opened against him.

In court, the defendant fully admitted his guilt, repented of what he had done.

- The accused bachelor, who is not officially employed anywhere, has previously been brought to criminal responsibility for attempted theft, said Daria Zdolnikova, a senior assistant to the prosecutor of the Soviet district, who spoke on this criminal case as a state prosecutor. The court found him guilty of secret theft of property (theft), committed repeatedly, and on the basis of Part 2 of Art. 205 of the Criminal Code imposed a punishment of three months of arrest.