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GJERDRUM: On the night of December 30, 2020, the avalanche in Ask washed away several residential houses. Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum
The men were seen by a neighbor who alerted the police. The next day, the police found televisions and kitchen appliances.
Last night at 9.50 pm, the Eastern Police District received a message from a woman who had seen three people enter the cordoned off avalanche area and remained there for several hours. When he saw the men leaving the area, he alerted the police, who sent patrols to the area.
– The three men were found at a residential address. They confirmed they had been to the area of the landslide, but no stolen goods were found last night, says operations manager Terje Skaftnes.
However, the next day, the police found what they consider to be stolen property on a piece of land south of the landslide area. Here were televisions, kitchen appliances, and other items. On this basis, the police decided to arrest the three Lithuanians in their 20s, 30s and 50s.
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– Last night they stated that they had been curious and entered the area. I don’t know how they react to our suspicion. I don’t think they have been questioned yet, Skaftnes says.
He claims that the police take seriously that they have moved to the landslide area.
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– The area is still cordoned off and we don’t want traffic there.
This is not the first time someone has been suspected of burglary from an evacuated home in the area of the landslide. In late January, the police launched an investigation after a PC was found from an evacuated house in Nystulia, Gjerdrum, outside the evacuation zone. Later, two young men were arrested in the case.
