Officers from the Police Station in Kruszyn caught two perpetrators red-handed while they were committing a theft.
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Bolesławiec District Police Headquarters: – The brothers, acting together, committed crimes on the premises of one of the companies in Gromadka municipality. Under cover of night, they arrived in a borrowed car near the company grounds, where various machines were stored in a fenced yard. The perpetrators removed engines from a conveyor belt and loaded them into the car.
They add: – They then waited a day before going to a scrap yard to cash in on their very heavy haul; each of the stolen components weighed approximately 200 kilograms.
When they were arrested, the perpetrators were driving straight from the theft to the place where they intended to sell their next haul. The boot of the passenger car was heavily loaded.
The officers:
Further actions led to the recovery of all the engines sold at scrap yards—14 in total—as well as one drum. The total value of the recovered property was estimated at over PLN 42,000.
The brothers—aged 27 and 25—are residents of Gromadka municipality. They were charged in connection with five thefts. In addition, the older man will answer for violating a court-imposed driving ban, because he was the one driving the vehicle each time and, when arrested... had been drinking alcohol.
Both suspects face up to five years in prison.