Eight young people were arrested by the police after they entered a house in Mereseni, Hancesti, maltreated the owners and stole the money and two mobile phones. The robbers took the victims with them by a car and abandoned them on the outskirts of the village, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the suspects entered the house of a 48-year-old man who at that time had dinner with his three nephews, aged between 26 and 27. The three have recently returned from Ukraine, where they worked. The robbers knew about this and went to the young men’s house first. But they weren’t at home and they found them at the man’s place. It was later established that the suspects came by a car with two ax tails and started to beat the victims. After ill-treating them, the eight persons threatened them and stole 5,000 Ukrainian hrivnas and €800 from them. Afterward, they left them on the outskirts of the village. The police said the suspects are from the same district and are aged between 19 and 27. A criminal case was started over robbery. The suspects face up to 10 years behind bars.