The police opened a case of sign theft against a Chelyabinsk resident who was dissatisfied with advertising on road billboards

the police opened a criminal case of theft (Part 1 of Article 158 of the Criminal Code) against a local resident after he removed an advertising sign stylized as a road sign writes 74.ru. In Chelyabinsk , , This information was confirmed by the city department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to the Chelyabinsk Today publication, a photograph of a young man holding an advertising sign in his hands appeared at the end of December 2018 in the VKontakte public page “On the roads of Chelyabinsk.” Currently, the publication with the photo could not be found in the community. In it, a man in a reflective orange vest holds a white sign, similar to a road sign, with the words "Stompraktika Dentistry" and a direction.

A local resident decided that such a sign would confuse drivers and decided to remove it, the publication reports. This happened on Brothers Kashirin Street.

The press service of the city administration said that the advertising was installed legally. It later turned out that the sign belonged to the Orion company. Representatives of the company wrote a statement to the police. The police are now looking for the local resident who filmed the advertisement.