Thefts Continue Around Chernobyl
Thefts are continuing in empty buildings inside the evacuated security zone around the stricken Chernobyl nuclear plant, the newspaper Sovietskaya Rossiya said Monday.
Militia patrols are forced to keep a constant watch because of the continuing “attacks on private and state property,” the paper said.
Police in the town of Pripyat have caught three workers from the nuclear plant stealing a record player, cigarettes and candy from a cafe. And in the village of Novyje Shchepelitshe, a former inhabitant was caught breaking into his neighbor’s home.
The newspaper said property worth millions of rubles has already been brought to safety from the towns of Pripyat and Chernobyl.
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