Attempted armed robbery of a bank branch in the Ruse village of Tsenovo. Two men, repeatedly convicted of thefts and robberies, were detained.
The two had been monitored for months by the police, and their actions were tracked on the territory of 5 regions of the country. Before trying to rob the bank branch, the men stole a car, "Nova TV" specified.
In an attempt to cover their tracks, they set it on fire. They are permanently detained in custody. They were charged with a total of three crimes.
According to Venislava Yoncheva - supervising prosecutor of the District Prosecutor's Office-Ruse, when committing the crimes, they acted according to a strict organization and prior distribution of roles among them.
According to Angel Papalezov, head of the “Criminal Police” GDNP, these are "extremely brutal criminals". "They are ready at any moment to use firearms, both against security guards of objects they have identified as potential targets, and against law enforcement officers,", he added.