Currency exchange office robbed in Moscow

6 april 2009

The Moscow police are looking for the perpetrator who stole a large amount of money from a currency exchange office in the South-East of Moscow on Sunday. The robbery was reported by the cashier of the currency exchange office owned by one of the commercial banks. The police are also looking for unidentified individuals suspected of committing an armed robbery of a supermarket in the North of Moscow from which they stole half a million roubles. Three armed men entered the “Azbuka Vkusa” LLC store and threatening the cashier stole the day's proceeds. “Three armed men entered the „Azbuka Vkusa“ LLC store located at 52 Leningradsky Prospect where, threatening violence, they stole 500,000 roubles from the cashier and fled”, — RIA “Novosti” reported.