Police arrest two men suspected of robbing church

The police detained two men on suspicion that they had stolen religious objects and money from a church in Rezina district. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the men, natives of Tahnauti village, Rezina district, are suspected of stealing religious objects worth 8,700 lei and 6,500 lei from the church “Saint John the Baptist” located in Echimauti village in Rezina district. The men confessed that they stole the goods and money from the church’s safe and hid them in a well in Truseni village in Chisinau municipality. Later, the police found a part of the stolen objects in the well and the rest of them at a collector of religious objects residing in Chisinau. The goods were returned to the church. Legal action was taken against the two men. If found guilty of theft, they could face up to seven years behind bars.