Suspect in Il-80 theft case arrested

A suspect has been arrested and detained over the theft of equipment from a Il-80 airborne command post.

Ilyushin Il-80 at Ramenskoye Airport 2012 (7727439034)
Artem Katranzhi from Bakashikha, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons


Zhora Khachunts’s lawyer told TASS that her client was arrested on Jan. 4 and will be detained till Mar. 4. The accused is being held in the Taganrog pre-trial detention center.

The Il-80 command post was undergoing maintenance at Taganrog Yuzhny airport when it was found broken into on Dec. 4 last year.

According to the news report, 39 radio equipment and 5 electronic boards were taken from the aircraft.

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