The false miner of the Vitebsk cold storage plant has been charged

As previously reported, on November 14, the duty officer of the Internal Affairs Directorate received information that an explosive device had been planted on the territory of the Vitebsk Cold Storage Plant. 93 people were evacuated from the enterprise. During the inspection, no explosive items were found, however, a dummy explosive device was discovered, which was a paper bag with sugar, with the handwritten text "Caution mine" on its packaging. As a result of operational-search activities, officers of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, in cooperation with the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus for the Vitebsk Region and the KGB Directorate for the Vitebsk Region, detained a resident of Vitebsk, born in 1976, who had no prior convictions, a few hours later. During the investigation, it was established that the man wanted to check how law enforcement agencies react to a bomb threat report. The caller was detained based on Article 108 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Belarus.

The Pervomaisky District (Vitebsk city) Department of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus has initiated a criminal case regarding a false bomb threat report at the Vitebsk Cold Storage Plant, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by the official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus for the Vitebsk Region, Inna Gorbacheva. As previously reported, on November 14, the duty officer of the Internal Affairs Directorate received information that an explosive device had been planted on the territory of the Vitebsk Cold Storage Plant. 93 people were evacuated from the enterprise.

During the inspection, no explosive items were found, however, a dummy explosive device was discovered, which was a paper bag with sugar, with the handwritten text "Caution mine" on its packaging. As a result of operational-search activities, officers of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, in cooperation with the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus for the Vitebsk Region and the KGB Directorate for the Vitebsk Region, detained a resident of Vitebsk, born in 1976, who had no prior convictions, a few hours later. During the investigation, it was established that the man wanted to check how law enforcement agencies react to a bomb threat report.

The caller was detained on the basis of Art. 108 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Belarus. A criminal case has been initiated under Part 1 of Art. 340 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus - knowingly false report of danger. The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to five years. The person has been charged. A measure of restraint in the form of detention has been chosen. The amount of damage from the forced suspension of the cold storage plant's operation, as well as the material costs of the services dispatched to the scene, are being determined.