The Moscow prosecutor’s office reported the theft of 25 packets of butter from Pyaterochka.

According to the department, the criminals entered a supermarket on Leningradskoye Shosse and began stuffing packets of butter into a backpack. When a store employee noticed the robbery, one of the intruders hit her several times and the other threatened her with a knife, the prosecutor’s office reports. It is not reported what day the crime was committed.

“Shortly thereafter,” the suspects, ages 25 and 29, were arrested, prosecutors said. The perpetrators were charged under article 162, part 2, of the Criminal Code (robbery). The maximum penalty provided for in this article is up to 10 years in prison. The defendants were chosen as a preventive measure in the form of arrest.

In mid-October, large butter producers in Russia warned of an upcoming price increase and a reduction in supply of the product. Representatives of the companies pointed out that the main reason for this is the shortage of raw materials.

Previously, Rossiyskaya Gazeta wrote that some retailers began packaging butter in plastic boxes, designed to protect against theft. At the same time, chains have not recorded a “pronounced increase in thefts” of butter in recent years, said Igor Karavaev, president of the presidium of the Association of Retail Trade Companies.