Russians With Shovel, Wire Cutters Arrested Outside Georgia Power Plant

**Ryan Ruck** · September 20th, 2010, 04:44

Effingham Deputies Call Feds After Arresting Russians With Shovel, Wire Cutters Outside Georgia Power Plant

September 9, 2010

Effingham County sheriff deputies have reported the early Sunday morning arrest of three men to the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force.

The men, two from Russia and one from Kazakhstan, were found near Georgia Power’s Plant McIntosh on Old Augusta Road about 1 a.m. Sunday after a ranger with the Department of Natural Resources reported a suspicious vehicle, Effingham County sheriff’s spokesman David Ehsanipoor said.

Deputies reported the men, who were inside a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder, had a machete, shovel, wire cutters and ski masks. One man also had black silk stockings in his front left pocket.

Arrested were Evgeniy Luzhetskiy, of Kazakhastan Nail Idiatullin and Rustem Ibragimov of Russia. All three reported they lived in Charleston, S.C., deputies reported.

The men were all charged with possession of tools during the commission of a crime.

The three were released after being interviewed by task force members, Ehsanipoor said.

"They did all have visas that allowed them to be here and are supposed to be leaving the country soon."

Evgeniy Luzhetskiy

Nail Idiatullin

Rustem Ibrabimov

This happened 11 days ago and I had not seen anything in the news on it.

Were these Spetsnaz? What in the world was going on?

**Malsua** · September 20th, 2010, 11:12

POTENTIAL SPETNAZ
Evgeniy Luzhetskiy

POTENTIAL SPETNAZ BUT ONLY ALLOWED TO CARRY A WATER PISTOL.
Nail Idiatullin

WANTS TO BE SPETNAZ JUST SO HE CAN SCORE WITH HOT AMERICAN BROADS. ONLY AUTHORIZED TO CARRY SAFETY SCISSORS. STILL A VIRGIN.

**Toad** · September 20th, 2010, 11:56

Look to be teenagers, maybe very early 20's at most. Dimwits. More asperational than operational.

God knows what was going through their heads, but I still wonder just wtf they thought they could steal or do with nearly no proper tools. And like Peterle said, the most likely outcome would have been Mother Nature weeding out the stupid gene.

I also wonder if our good friend Mr. Alcohol was involved.

**Malsua** · September 20th, 2010, 13:17

Yeah, three idiots. heh.

#2 looks like urine van do sloot. Maybe he wants to be famous as well.

**American Patriot** · September 20th, 2010, 13:38

Copper thieves.

**Ryan Ruck** · September 20th, 2010, 15:12

You guys really think copper thieves? I know of people that have been stupid enough to go messing around with sub-stations, and definitely power lines, but never a power plant itself. On top of that why would someone with enough money to come over on a visa and be ready to leave soon turn to copper thieving?

Probably not Spetsnaz (Agreed about not having the looks for it, that was my first thought. Plus allowing themselves to get taken in. Then again our friends the Russians like to make things not appear as they seem) but, I don't think they were copper thieves.

Maybe they were just looking for the nuclear wessels?