Arresting a robbery and robbery gang by force of arms in the southern countryside of Idlib

Idlib-Sana

The Criminal Security Branch in Idlib, in cooperation with the Political Security Branch, arrested a robbery gang impersonating a security patrol in the southern countryside of Idlib.

The Ministry of the Interior said in a statement today: A citizen claimed to the police of Al-Tamanah district in the southern countryside of Idlib about armed people in military uniforms entering his house in the village of Al-Hamdaniya, and robbing him of a sum of money amounting to 65 million Syrian pounds, three tons of pistachios, and some furniture. home.

The Ministry added: Through research and information gathering, and in coordination with the Political Security Branch in Idlib, the Criminal Security Branch was able, with a tight ambush, to arrest some gang members, and by examining their situation, it was found that there were several search broadcasts against some of them for various crimes, and against two of them who were sentenced to 15 years in prison. With them, they confessed to what was attributed to them and that they impersonated a security patrol and that they committed looting and robbery operations in association with other persons who are in hiding.

The ministry indicated that various weapons, ammunition, and modern communication devices were confiscated, in addition to sums of money and narcotic materials that were in their possession, pointing out that the research is still continuing until the arrest of all those in hiding, and the arrested will be brought to the competent judiciary.

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