In the Yuryansk district, a man tried to steal 500 kilograms of scrap metal

The Kirov Regional Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Transport reports that police caught a suspect in the theft of scrap metal from a freight train.

The duty station received a message from an employee of the railway company. An unknown person is trying to steal scrap metal from a gondola car of a freight train at Yurya station. The train was standing on the tracks.

Transport police arrived at the scene and detained a previously convicted 64-year-old man. It was established that the attacker climbed onto the train car and threw more than 500 kilograms of scrap metal onto the ground. The man intended to hand over the loot to a collection point. Then he was caught by the police.

Employees of the investigation department opened a criminal case under the article of theft. The maximum penalty under this article is imprisonment for up to two years.

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