Piglets were stolen from a pig farm in the Postavy district

May 4, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. 17 piglets were stolen from a pig complex in the Postavy district, the official representative of the Investigative Committee Department for the Vitebsk region, Inna Gorbacheva, told a BELTA correspondent. Between April 16 and May 1, piglets weighing a total of 463 kg and valued at Br23.3 million were stolen from the guarded pig complex. The shortage of animals was discovered during a routine inventory. The Postavy District Department of the Investigative Committee has initiated a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of Belarus, which provides for up to three years of imprisonment. During operational search activities, two of the stolen animals were found alive in the shed of an employee of the enterprise, a main feeder born in 1959. A criminal case has been initiated against the woman for theft under a similar article. Her involvement in the theft of the remaining piglets is being established. An investigation is underway. -0-