In Tatarstan, suspects in the theft of a safe with more than 14.6 million rubles were detained. from the Investigation Department of the Regional Investigative Directorate of the TFR in the center of Kazan. The money was material evidence in a criminal case led by the department. From unofficial sources it became known that among those arrested on suspicion of abduction is an investigator who is considered the organizer of the crime. They are still looking for the stolen cash - it disappeared along with another suspect.

In Tatarstan, “several persons” were detained, suspected of stealing a safe with more than 14.6 million rubles. from the 4th department for the investigation of especially important cases of crimes in the sphere of economics of the ICR department, located at 45 Karl Max Street in Kazan. This was announced by the official representative of the TFR Svetlana Petrenko. According to her, the stolen money is material evidence in a criminal case led by the department. “In the interests of the investigation, more detailed information on the progress of the investigation at this stage cannot be disclosed,” said Ms Petrenko.

In the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in Tatarstan, "Kommersant-Kazan" was informed that they did not have any details, since the case of the theft of the safe, initiated under paragraph "b" of Part 4 of Art. 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (theft committed on an especially large scale) is investigated by the central office of the TFR. The day before, the head of the department, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed his immediate subordinates to put the case under control.

Meanwhile, Kommersant sources learned that the 37-year-old investigator of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in Tatarstan, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Marat Shakirov, as well as three residents of Almetyevsk aged 19-22 - some Karabaev, Elison and Nurgaliev - were detained in the theft case. Lieutenant Colonel Shakirov, who is believed to be the organizer of the theft, was detained on Tuesday by security officials on the M-7 highway while trying to leave Tatarstan.

The stolen cash has not yet been found. Most likely, she is in the possession of one more accomplice of the crime, who managed to escape.

They are considered to be a resident of Almetyevsk, Jivan Mkhitaryan, born in 1991.

According to sources, investigator Shakirov was involved in the investigation of a criminal case, in which 14.6 million rubles were seized as material evidence, and knew about the presence of this amount in the safe. According to preliminary information, the suspects entered the first floor of the department through a window, cutting the lock on the bars.

They were wearing masks, and the surveillance cameras were splattered with paint. They could not open the safe, so they took out the cash with it.

The safe was loaded into the car in which they arrived at the department, and it was hacked outside of Kazan.

First, the operatives detained Karabaev, Elison and Nurgaliev in Almetyevsk, tracing the route of their car using a video surveillance system. Now the detainees, according to sources, are giving confessions and cooperating with the investigation. Lieutenant Colonel Shakirov, according to some information, also signed a confession. The local media mentions the following version: he allegedly organized a theft in order to return the borrowed money that he lost by investing in the collapsed financial pyramid Finiko.