In St. Petersburg, two police officers were detained for accepting a bribe worth 500 thousand rubles. This was reported today, October 30, by the press service of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Russian Investigative Committee for the city.
“According to the investigation, no later than October 29, the attacker, who held the position of senior investigator of the drug control department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Krasnoselsky district, together with his acquaintance, who holds the position de The district commissioner of the territorial police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Kirov district demanded that the man give him a bribe of 1.8 million rubles for failing to carry out an inspection after the discovery of an unidentified substance , presumably a narcotic, in the latter’s possession,” – the message said.
Within the framework of operational search activities, the “law enforcement agent”, while in the car, received part of a bribe in the amount of 500 thousand rubles from the man, after which he was detained.
A criminal case has been initiated against the police under section 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (receiving a bribe on an especially large scale). They have already been charged and the question of choosing a preventive measure for both is being decided. The circumstances of the crime and other accomplices are being established.
