A teenager from Vitebsk who was selling tea to passers-by disguised as drugs has been detained in Russia

A 14-year-old teenager from Vitebsk has been detained in Russia for offering passers-by tea disguised as drugs. He operated under a similar scheme in Minsk, where he also committed a robbery, according to the Minsk City Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Department.

Previously, the young man was sought by the criminal investigation department of the Partizansky District Department of Internal Affairs of Minsk on suspicion of robbery.

In the Belarusian capital, the young man offered a 34-year-old resident to buy a smoking mixture and showed it in a matchbox. When the buyer took out money, the teenager snatched the wallet from his hands and ran away. It contained about 1 million rubles.

Law enforcement officers found out that the suspect is a resident of Vitebsk. He is registered with the juvenile inspection. He came to the capital for illegal earnings.

After the robbery, the teenager decided to hide from the Minsk police and went to Russia to his father. There, the young man was detained for a similar crime.

A criminal case has been initiated under Article 206 of the Criminal Code - "Robbery". The teenager faces up to four years in prison. The issue of his extradition to Belarus is being decided.