Well-Planned Robbery in Lyubertsy Near Moscow: One Held the Storekeeper While Another Cracked the Safe, All Four Arrested

Moscow — Four men have been arrested in connection with the robbery of a store worth 1.5 million rubles in the town of Lyubertsy in the Moscow region, the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Moscow Region informed.

According to police, one member of the gang grabbed and restrained the storekeeper while his accomplice broke open the safe. A third member of the group was waiting for his partners in a car nearby, while the fourth was with the store owner at a gym at the time of the incident, monitoring him to prevent his return to the store.

Police have taken all four into custody from the crime scene. The group appears to have executed the well-planned robbery by exploiting the store owner’s absence. Video footage of the incident has been released on the official channel of the Moscow regional police.