State Police clarifies theft: not just artwork stolen, but also fragment of Olympic hopes
While State Police counts the value of stolen goods from the Rubenis family, Liepāja wonders how one can rob a house on Pūres Street without anyone noticing.
State Police today continues to clarify the scope of goods stolen from luge coach Dainis Rubenis' family, which only raises the question in Liepāja: how the hell can you not know how much stuff was stolen? Are the police officers counting each onion and garlic clove one by one?
Rubenis' house in Riga, at 1 Pūres Street, according to the coach, had been ransacked and robbed as if they had organized a house relocation without warning. A painting by Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš, gifted to the coach's great-grandfather, and other artworks have disappeared. As local art expert Jānis from Grobiņa comments: "If you're going to steal Jaunsudrabiņš, at least there's taste involved. In Riga they usually just take the TV."
In Liepāja such a situation would be impossible, because on our Liepāja beach every grain of sand is known by name. If someone tried to carry a painting out of a house on Graudu or Peldu Street, neighbors would notice it at the first step. "You can't rob houses here without being noticed," explains local resident Dzidra. "Here everyone knows when everyone goes out and what they come home with."
Meanwhile, State Police continues to "clarify" the value of stolen goods, which sounds like they're counting Olympic medal fragments with a magnifying glass. Maybe it would be faster to take inventory and see what's actually left in the house. But that's not the Riga police's work specialty.
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