According to available data, the check was initiated after a video appeared on social media, in which passengers of a minibus accused an unknown individual of attempting to steal.
Photo by the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Bishkek
“The incident has been registered in the Journal of Criminal Cases of the Sverdlovsk District, and a criminal case has been initiated under the article ‘Theft’ of the Criminal Code of Kyrgyzstan. Law enforcement agencies were able to establish the identity of the suspect, who turned out to be B. A., born in 1992. He has a criminal record for similar offenses. The man has been placed in a temporary detention facility. His involvement in a number of similar thefts has been confirmed,” the statement noted.
