Lviv region: Police detain offender on suspicion of car theft
After stealing the vehicle, the suspect drove to a neighbouring district, where law enforcement officers found him. The detainee faces imprisonment for up to eight years for his crime.
According to the police, on 30 November in Drohobych, the offender entered the territory of a private enterprise, stole a Mercedes-Benz ML 350 and drove off in an unknown direction. In the evening, at about 21.00, the owner, a 48-year-old resident of Drohobych, discovered that the vehicle was missing and turned to the police for help.
Criminal police operatives, investigators and officers of other services of the Drohobych District Police Department, as well as officers of the Criminal Analysis Department of the Lviv Police, were involved in solving the crime.
As a result of the measures taken, law enforcement officers found the stolen car in Staryi Sambir after studying the footage from the video surveillance cameras of the Safe Lviv Region system. The offender involved in the illegal seizure of the vehicle was detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. It was a 36-year-old resident of Chernivtsi region, who had previously been prosecuted for a similar crime.
Investigators of the territorial police unit, under the procedural supervision of the Drohobych District Prosecutor’s Office, served the detainee a notice of suspicion of committing a criminal offence under Part 2 of Article 289 (Illegal seizure of a vehicle) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The article provides for imprisonment for a term of five to eight years with or without confiscation of property.
Law enforcement officers took the vehicle to the impound lot.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, and the court will soon choose a measure of restraint against the suspect.
Lviv regional police communication department