Employees of the city police department No. 1 of the Department of Internal Affairs for the Firdavsi district detained a resident of the capital, Nasiba Rakhimova, on suspicion of committing a series of thefts. This was reported by the press service of the Department of Internal Affairs for the city of Dushanbe.
According to the department, during the operational search activities it was established that the detainee, over a certain period of time, had been stealing personal property from citizens in the Firdavsi district, primarily in one of the capital’s largest markets, Korvon.
"As part of the preliminary investigation, eight episodes of theft committed by the suspect on the territory of the market were documented," the Ministry of Internal Affairs clarified.
Rakhimova is currently under preliminary arrest. Law enforcement agencies are continuing investigative measures to establish other possible episodes of illegal activity, as well as to identify victims.
A criminal case has been opened and a pre-trial investigation is underway.