Between 14:00 and 22:00 on 3 August Latvian State Police together with their colleagues from Riga Region Criminal Police performed multiple preventive activities to battle crime on the streets, as confirmed by State Police.
A total of 138 people were checked during this action. Police found that seven of those people were wanted by authorities. Three of the people checked by the police were internationally wanted.
There seven people were wanted by State Police units that deal with fraud and document forgery.
State Police delivered them to the police department. All relevant information will be reported to German authorities soon.
Three other persons were suspects in previous cases of theft and property damage.
Another man was detained by the police for avoiding security measure – arrest. He was wanted by the police for driving a car without a license and under the influence of alcohol, narcotic drugs, psychotropic, toxic or other intoxicating substances.
This man was apprehended by the police and delivered to a detention facility.