Law enforcement officers discovered more than 150 thefts in the agricultural sector during harvesting in the Gomel region

August 18, Gomel. In the Gomel region, police officers continue to identify thefts in the agro-industrial complex, BELTA was told by the Internal Affairs Directorate of the regional executive committee.

So, in the Mozyr region last weekend, a 73-year-old local resident stole 250 kg of straw from a field near the village of Yasenets, a 44-year-old livestock farmer of the KSUP "Kozenki-Agro" took 250 kg of straw from a field near the village of Raevskie, and stole another 500 kg of straw A 60-year-old villager near the village of Bulavki.

In the Petrikovsky district, while some agricultural workers are struggling to harvest the crops , others are replenishing their personal bins with grain. For example, 50 kg of grain was found in the yard of a 46-year-old warehouse manager at Novoselki OJSC in the village of Komarovichi.

Regional police continue to identify cases of fuel theft. At the home of a 44-year-old KSUP Kozenki-Agro machine operator, law enforcement officers found 20 liters of colored diesel fuel stolen from a tractor.

Cases are still being recorded when employees of agricultural enterprises are at the workplace during working hours in a state ofALCOHOL intoxication .