A resident of Lepel stole a donation box with money from a religious community

May 12, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A resident of Lepel stole a donation box with money from a religious community, the information and public relations department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Department told a BELTA correspondent. Having entered the religious community building through the attic, the unemployed man stole a donation box containing Br300,000, $100, and 1,000 Russian rubles. The pastor of the community did not immediately notice the disappearance of the funds collected by the parishioners. Despite this, law enforcement officers managed to identify the offender. He turned out to be a 26-year-old local resident with a previous conviction for theft. He has currently been detained. A criminal case has been initiated against the resident of Lepel for repeated theft under Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of Belarus, which provides for up to four years of imprisonment. -0-