Russian woman to receive award from Vitebsk police for assistance in searching for murderers

June 5, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. A Russian citizen will be awarded by the Vitebsk police today for her assistance in the search for murderers. The ceremony will take place in the Liozno district, bordering Russia, Vladimir Shenbel, deputy head of the Novopolotsk city police department, told a BELTA correspondent. 20-year-old Anna Kolokoltseva, a student at one of the universities in Smolensk, came home for the weekend to the village of Uzgorki, Rudnyansky district, Smolensk region. While cycling around the neighborhood, she found a passport of a Belarusian citizen and handed it over to the official authorities. According to Vladimir Shenbel, this became the starting point in the search for two criminals who killed a taxi driver from Novopolotsk and stole his car. Today, when Anna returns home after her study week, she will be brought to Liozno to be solemnly presented with a letter of gratitude from the head of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate, a cash prize, and a valuable gift from the Novopolotsk City Department of Internal Affairs. As previously reported, colleagues of the murdered taxi driver also assisted the Novopolotsk police officers in solving the serious crime. All of them have also been encouraged by the leadership of the Internal Affairs Directorate and the City Department of Internal Affairs. The prosecutor's office continues the investigation. The suspects in the murder have been arrested. -0-