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Three men arrested after robbing a store in Sofia
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Three men who robbed a store on Sofia's Vassil Levski boulevard have been arrested by police, Bulgarian Focus news agency said on December 15 2009.
The armed robbery took place at 3.50am on December 15 2009, Focus quoted Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov as saying. The robbers were three armed men, he said.
"Thanks to the adequate and fast response from police, the robbers were apprehended in their vehicle at about 4.30am," Tsvetanov noted.
This was the latest of several armed robberies over the past five days in and around Sofia.
The first was on December 10 2009 when a private vault on Sofia's Dondoukov Boulevard was stolen. Between 160 and 190 of the vault's boxes had been opened and emptied by the robbers with losses estimated at hundreds of thousands of leva, if not millions. Police are still trying to find the culprits.
A branch of Fantastico was robbed of two million leva in Studentski Grad (Student Town) in Sofia late on December 13.
On December 14 2009 two masked and armed men robbed a store in a shopping centre in the western Sofia borough of Lyulin 7. Reportedly, the store sells mobile phones and cards. At gunpoint, a woman was forced to hand over the previous day's proceeds which, according to unconfirmed reports, amounted to 50 000 leva.
The robbery occurred at about 10.30am on December 14. After bagging the cash, the robbers escaped in a vehicle of undisclosed description.
Another robbery took place in the Black Sea resort town of Sveti Vlas. Thieves broke into the city hall building and the premises of the local bank branch, escaping with a metal box and close to 50 000 leva.
The armed robbery took place at 3.50am on December 15 2009, Focus quoted Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov as saying. The robbers were three armed men, he said.
"Thanks to the adequate and fast response from police, the robbers were apprehended in their vehicle at about 4.30am," Tsvetanov noted.
This was the latest of several armed robberies over the past five days in and around Sofia.
The first was on December 10 2009 when a private vault on Sofia's Dondoukov Boulevard was stolen. Between 160 and 190 of the vault's boxes had been opened and emptied by the robbers with losses estimated at hundreds of thousands of leva, if not millions. Police are still trying to find the culprits.
A branch of Fantastico was robbed of two million leva in Studentski Grad (Student Town) in Sofia late on December 13.
On December 14 2009 two masked and armed men robbed a store in a shopping centre in the western Sofia borough of Lyulin 7. Reportedly, the store sells mobile phones and cards. At gunpoint, a woman was forced to hand over the previous day's proceeds which, according to unconfirmed reports, amounted to 50 000 leva.
The robbery occurred at about 10.30am on December 14. After bagging the cash, the robbers escaped in a vehicle of undisclosed description.
Another robbery took place in the Black Sea resort town of Sveti Vlas. Thieves broke into the city hall building and the premises of the local bank branch, escaping with a metal box and close to 50 000 leva.
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