Armed Robbery of Elderly Couple's Home With Stolen Car

Members of a four-person gang who broke into an elderly couple's home using a stolen car and a military-grade weapon were arrested by Tehran Criminal Police.

According to ambassador Arjan; Colonel Asghar Khodayi told reporters today, referring to the arrest of the members of the 4-member gang of armed robbery by the 1st Department of the Tehran Intelligence Police, he added: The members of this gang were two men and two women, one of the women had stolen an L-90 car while the driver got out of the car under the pretext of buying mineral water or fruit juice, and stole the car.

He continued: The stolen car is given by this woman to two experienced robbers, and finally, along with a weapon, they commit an armed robbery from a residential unit of a villa based on the knowledge and information they had about the owner.

He said: With a plan, two people went to the said house, rang the doorbell and entered the house of an elderly man and woman, and stole a large amount of gold and valuable watches and left the place.

He added: "With the efforts of colleagues at the crime scene and finding clues, they succeeded in arresting the people involved in this robbery and discovering a significant part of the property that was stolen from the complainant's house, which will be handed over to them as soon as possible."

Khodai continued: Rolex and valuable watches were sold and the person who bought them was arrested, although he did not know that they were stolen, he cooperated and handed over the watches, and the gold is also under investigation.

Pointing out that one of the robbers had a history of committing murder, he added: "During the robbery, the robbers had a firearm with cartridges and used it as a threat." Although they did not shoot, in our opinion it is armed robbery.

Referring to the collection of illegal weapons, he said: Part of the illegal weapons, especially war weapons, are smuggled in, and the police conduct extensive activities on them, and the issue of collecting illegal weapons is on the agenda.

At the same time, Godi advised the citizens that they should not leave the car running when getting out of the car. Also, avoid opening the door of the house to unknown people, ask questions first and then open the door after making sure.