A Lexus RX400h car worth 1.3 million rubles...
The car was reportedly stolen in the northwest part of Russia"s second largest city on Wednesday. According to the 31-year-old road police officer, who reported the theft to police, the car was equipped with a satellite car alarm system.
The news agency said the jeep was officially owned by a 31-year-old unemployed resident of a city"s suburb of Gatchina.
This is yet another case of a luxury car being stolen from a Russian police officer.
In November 2009, a Lexus RX 330 car worth 1 million rubles (more than $33,000) was stolen from a 32-year-old St. Petersburg traffic police officer.
In early December 2009, a Mitsubishi Pajero Sport car worth 800.000 rubles ($26,500) was stolen from another officer in St. Petersburg. The car was also equipped with a satellite car alarm system.
One more theft took place in Moscow in October last year, when a BMW X6 car was stolen from a 24-year-old traffic police officer.