Employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Kapotnya district detained three newcomers suspected of extorting money.

In the duty department received a report of extortion. The applicant said that three unidentified men had entered the store located in a shopping mall on the 14th km of the Moscow Ring Road and, threatening a piece similar to a pistol, demanded 50,000 rubles, which the businessman allegedly owed them. Having received the money, the attackers disappeared from the scene of the accident.

As a result of operational search activities, police officers detained suspects near the scene of the incident. They turned out to be newcomers aged 27, 31 and 40.

On this fact, the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Kapotnya district initiated a criminal case on the grounds of the crime envisaged by Art.. 163 of the RF Criminal Code "Extortion". With regard to suspects, a preventive measure in the form of detention.