A border guards was detained for $ 600 bribe
Under procedural control of Uzhgorod garrison military prosecutor, the inspector of the border guard department "Solomonovo" of the Chop border guard detachment was indicted on charges of extortion and receiving of illegal benefit (Part 3 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation, a bribe of $ 600 was intended for aiding and abetting the illegal transportation of tobacco products across Ukraine’s state border, namely providing information on the location of border patrols.
Priority investigative (search) actions and interrogation of witnesses are currently underway. Choice of pre-trial restraint against border guard is being decided. He is to be removed from office.
Pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings is being carried out by the Territorial Department of the State Investigations Bureau located in Lviv.
The press service of the Military Prosecutor’s Office of the
Western region of Ukraine
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