Three men were detained by the police from Ilfov in the case of the theft of a pistol and 24 cartridges, as well as several jewels from the house of a former SIR officer in Voluntar.

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According to Ilfov police, after six searches conducted on Thursday in this case, four people were brought to the hearing, and three of them were detained for 24 hours.

It is about two men aged 23 and 24. In the case of the third detainee, a 26-year-old man, the police from Popeşti-Leordeni decided to detain him for 24 hours “as a result of gathering evidence in two other criminal cases, in which the crime of qualified theft is being investigated,” according to the press release of the Ilfov police. In two criminal cases, the police in the city of Popesti-Leordeni were alerted on December 19 and 24, 2023, that unknown persons entered the victim’s home, where jewelry, luxury watches and various amounts of money were stolen.

According to the source, the fourth brought to the meeting is currently a witness.

On January 6, a man reported to the Ilfov police that unknown persons had stolen several jewels, a lethal pistol and 24 bullets from his house in Voluntar. The man is a former DRIB officer and was on vacation when thieves broke into his home and stole weapons and jewelry that he kept in a safe, the Observer reports.