In Chita, a father and his three sons were detained for a series of six thefts The men were sent to pretrial detention for up to 2 months. https://zabnews.ru/l/53882 Source link
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Swedish farmer now sleeps with cooking equipment under his bed due to increased thefts Publication in CHAT: Russia International gangs of thieves are wreaking havoc on Swedish agriculture. Last year, there were more than 200 thefts of expensive GPS systems – a significant increase compared to previous years. One of the victims was farmer Robert Forsberg, who now sleeps with the equipment under his bed. Forsberg is the third generation to run the farm on fertile land near Linköping. He is talking to his two sons, who work on the farm in the summer. The company usually has four full-time employees, but during the harvest season that number increases to more than 15, with seasonal workers from the Baltics and retired farmers from the countryside joining in as needed. The farm’s first robbery took place in October 2022, when a window in the workshop was smashed. “They took all the tools from the tractor and the screen that is used for the GPS,” says Robert Forsberg. The value of the stolen tools is just over 100,000 Swedish kronor (one krona = 8.4 rubles), and despite the fact that the workshop is located a few dozen meters from the house of Robert Forsberg's parents, no one heard when the thieves broke in. . The cabbage pickers arrive at all hours. We have a loading dock and a code-controlled warehouse, so there is a lot of traffic on the farm. I don't know exactly when they broke in, but I was watching the wild boars and drove past at 01.30. Maybe they were already here and I didn't notice anything," says Robert Forsberg. Less than a year later, the thieves attacked the farm again. "We finished work at ten in the evening, when the dew fell, the combine could not cope with the wet straw," says Robert Forsberg. Two large vans were attached to the tractor, so the work gates could not be closed. My son called me early in the morning and said: “Dad, we’ve been robbed, the tractor has no steering wheel.” The steering wheel is specially designed and connected to a GPS-controlled service. It was also missing. The receiver on the roof, the screen in the driver’s cabin and the box containing the system’s control unit were also missing. “They also took all the wireless equipment they could find.” I bought new ones to replace the stolen ones, says Robert Forsberg. Theft of GPS systems for agriculture and forestry is becoming increasingly common. In 2019 and 2020, around 40 thefts were reported per year. In 2021 and 2022, the annual figure was 80. Karin Rinander is the head of the preliminary investigation department at the Swedish Police Headquarters. She is a member of the investigation team at Sema Police District, which combats thefts committed by international criminal networks, with a particular focus on the theft of GPS equipment. “We know that there is a large international market for used GPS systems,” she says. Last year, there were around 230 thefts, and this year there have already been more than 100. “There was an extremely high number of thefts last year, and the average value of one theft was around SEK 200,000,” says Karin Rinander. Most of the thefts took place in southern Sweden. The thefts are difficult to solve, and even when suspects are caught using stolen GPS systems, it can be difficult to prosecute them for the theft. Just like when the thieves hit Robert Forsberg’s farm, there are few witnesses. “We now ask the victims to leave the tractor parked so that we can come and collect DNA evidence,” says Erik Reimstad, who works in the regional crime coordination in the Eastern Police District. The Swedish police cooperate with their European colleagues through Europol, and it happens that GPS systems stolen in Sweden are found abroad. We suspect that international criminal networks are largely behind these thefts. People come to Sweden to steal things that are then smuggled out of the country. In cases where we catch thieves, we often see that they have stolen something in addition to GPS systems,” says Erik Reimstad. The thieves who stole Robert Forsberg’s GPS got away. After collecting all the valuables from a workshop, they headed to a house in the same area. What they didn’t take into account was that the owner of the house had an alarm system and cameras recorded the car’s number plate. That same night, a police patrol spotted the car and began pursuing it. Robert Forsberg’s tools, GPS systems and the steering wheel of his tractor were thrown out of the car window. “When I took the things to the police, they were completely broken,” he says. The two criminals were caught red-handed and could be sentenced for aggravated robbery. Since they are Romanian citizens, they have also been sentenced to deportation and banned from entering Sweden. Robert Forsberg’s company has an annual turnover of 10 to 11 million Swedish crowns. The farm has invested in a cold storage facility, full-time staff and three large tractors with GPS systems. “That’s a lot of money, but we thought that we either have to modernise and invest in the future or we won’t make a profit,” says Robert Forsberg. One of his large tractors is parked in the yard. Robert Forsberg climbs on top of it to show where the GPS antenna is. “The thieves know exactly what to do. It won’t take long to unscrew these parts.” Robert Forsberg knows exactly how long it will take, because he has switched off the GPS systems on his machines every night since the last robbery. I take them home and put them under my bed when I go to sleep. “It’s a bit complicated because there’s a lot of stuff, but now I literally sleep on it,” he says. Cookhttps://aftershock.news Subscribe to our Telegram channel to stay up to date with all the most important content we publish: https://t.me/russiapost Source link Source link
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Teenagers accused of serial thefts to stand trial near Voronezh The total amount of damage amounted to 330 thousand rubles. Source link Source link