A gang from Dagestan has been eliminated in the Moscow region

On Saturday night, the Moscow region police carried out an operation to detain Dagestan bandits who attacked a gas station in Khimki near Moscow. During the special operation, two attackers were shot dead and three more were detained. One of the criminals managed to escape, but he was not free for long - he was taken to the hospital, where he turned for help.

As Evgeniy Gildeev, head of the information and public relations department of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Region, told Kommersant, the gang, which consisted of natives of Dagestan, was neutralized as a result of a special operation carried out by the Moscow region police. “Our employees got on the trail of the bandits a few days ago, after receiving operational information that they were preparing an attack on the gas station of the Gazprom Neft company, located on the 31st km of Leningradskoye Highway,” Mr. Gildeev told Kommersant. “Immediately after this, surveillance was organized on the gang members.”

Observation confirmed the information. “Over the past three days, the raiders twice came to the gas station for reconnaissance, apparently studying the situation at the station and preparing escape routes,” said Evgeny Gildeev. “Therefore, by the time of the attack on the gas station, our employees set up an ambush there, hiding in the utility room of the station.”

On Saturday at 4:10, five masked criminals broke into the gas station. Another robber remained as backup on the street. Threatening the operator and security guard with weapons, they demanded cash from the cash register. The operator (and it was a policeman in disguise) pressed the panic button, after which members of the special police squad blocked the gas station.

The bandits were asked to lay down their arms and surrender, but they opened fire. The police were quicker and during the ensuing shootout they killed two of the attackers. After that, three of their accomplices dropped their guns and surrendered. However, the criminal, who was on duty on the street, managed to hide in a nearby forest. But he didn't run for long. On Saturday afternoon, he was detained in one of the Moscow clinics, where he sought medical help after receiving a gunshot wound at a gas station.

According to the police, two Makarov pistols, one TT, and a sawn-off hunting rifle were seized from the attackers. The identities of those detained at the gas station have also been established. They turned out to be natives of Dagestan Arsen Mustafaev, Gerihan Gandalaev and Aslan Shibanov. Law enforcement agencies also know the names of three other robbers who were shot at the station and detained in the hospital, but the Main Investigation Department (GID) of the Investigative Committee for the Moscow Region did not make them public yesterday, citing the interests of the investigation.

The Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported that a criminal case has already been initiated against the detainees under Art. 317 (attack on the life of a law enforcement officer), Art. 222 (illegal arms trafficking) and Art. 162 (robbery) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. On Monday, the court will consider investigators' requests for their arrests.

According to police, the detainees are being checked for involvement in other raids. “We have information that members of this group are involved in two robberies of gas stations in the Kaluga region,” Evgeny Gildeev told Kommersant. “But this will have to be dealt with by employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, to which we sent all the materials about the attack on the gas station in Khimki.” .

Alexey Sokovnin

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