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The Hungarian policeman who was arrested on Wednesday for robbing a bank in Pécs confessed to the robbery, the Central Investigating Prosecutor’s Office told MTI on Thursday.
Bank-robbing policeman
As Magyar Hang reported, the Kaposvár Regional Investigating Prosecutor’s Office is investigating a crime of violence against property, official and public security. On Wednesday, the suspected police officer was arrested. The man was questioned as a suspect and charged with two counts of robbery, the misuse of office, and the misuse of firearms and ammunition.
According to the available data, as reported by Pécs Aktuál, on 12 May 2020, at around 3 pm, the man entered a bank in Pécs and, with the help of a handgun (or what looked like a handgun), forced the employees to hand over the cash in the cash register.
The perpetrator obtained around HUF 5.7 million (~EUR 15,000) and then fled the scene.
The police then showed the bank’s indoor CCTV footage to the public, showing the perpetrator’s face when he pulled off his mask for a few seconds, as 168 reported. Witnesses described the perpetrator as a calm, communicative, intelligent man with a good sense of place.