Bags with stolen money from the Romanian Post

The police recovered about 10 million lei, which would have been stolen from the Romanian Post, after a pursuit on the streets of Timișoara, after which a man was caught.

According to a statement sent on Sunday, by IPJ Timiș, the utility vehicle performed a sudden and unjustified maneuver at the view of the police crew, which is why the law enforcement officers started to track the vehicle.

‘On May 31, 2025, the police officers of the National and European Roads Office within the Timiș Road Service, being in the exercise of the duties on the basis of the action plan regarding the verification of the vehicles registered in other states, observed on Nicolae Titulescu street in the municipality of Timisoara, a vehicle, which would be a vehicle right. The police started in pursuing the vehicle, managing its blocking on Anton Seiller Street, « the source said.

The police say that at the time of stop, two men went down from the utility vehicle, who tried to run away from the scene. One of them, the driver, a 36 -year -old man, was caught and handcuffed.

‘Inside the utility vehicle were discovered 16 white bags containing considerable amounts of money. Subsequent investigations confirmed that the money would come from a theft committed at the headquarters of the Romanian Post in Timisoara, the estimated damage being about 10 million lei ‘, informs IPJ Timiș.

When checking the car it was found that the registration plates, issued by the French authorities, belonged to another car.

The case was taken over by the Criminal Investigation Service, the investigations being carried out under the coordination of the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Timiș Tribunal.

The man, 36 years old, was detained for 24 hours, and will be presented to magistrates with a proposal for a preventive arrest.