District police officer “littered” the street with the money received as a bribe

The detention operation was conducted yesterday, around 20:00, at the intersection of Sobranetska and Mytna streets.

The Main Office of the National Police reported that a district police officer of Uzhgorod Department had been arrested by law enforcement officers. 14 thousand hryvnias bribe was seized from the suspect.

He received that money from a local resident for releasing her husband from responsibility.

The district police officer has already been detained and placed in a temporary holding facility.

During the arrest, the police officer threw the bag with money from the car to get rid of the evidence, and some of the money fell on the road. The photo of 500-hryvnia banknotes scattered on the road was posted by Volodymyr Feskov on his page.

The policeman was detained and placed in a temporary detention facility, – the department of communication of the National Police in Transcarpathian region reported.