OREANDA-NEWS.  July 29, 2014. A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the murder of Sberbank cash-in-transit courier in Tomsk, according to the Tomsk Oblast Investigative Committee.

The suspect was arrested in Novosibirsk Oblast at the home of an acquaintance. Investigators are conducting a search of the house and questioning witnesses. A weapon along with more than RUB 2.5 mln of the stolen money was recovered during the search. According to preliminary reports, the suspect had been living under an assumed identity and committed several crimes in other cities. The criminal investigation is ongoing.

The armed assault on two Sberbank cash-in-transit couriers took place in the backroom of a hypermarket, leaving one cash-in-transit courier dead and another seriously injured. The perpetrator stole RUB 3.3 mln.

Sberbank of Russia is very grateful to the police, the Federal Security Service and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for their professionalism and operational efficiency during the investigation of this heinous crime.

Sberbank actively participated in the investigation and sent a group of employees from the bank’s Security Division to Tomsk. Sberbank’s Security Division cooperates closely with law enforcement agencies to curb crime against the bank’s employees, clients and property. This cooperation has resulted in solving such crimes quickly and efficiently and bringing criminals to justice.