Master of Mukachevo district forestry detained for bribery

A resident of one of the villages in Mukachevo district committed illegal logging and the master of the forestry found out about it. However, instead of drawing the woodcutter to statutory liability, the forest officer decided to benefit from it. He suggested that the culprit to "solve the matter" for two and a half thousand hryvnia… Police officers of the Service for Combating Economic Crimes  became aware of the greedy forester and the bribe-taker was detained on the road between the villages of Mukachevo district when he was receiving cash in the amount of 2500 UAH. The money were seized, the issue of a criminal investigation under the Art.368 Part 1 of the Criminal Code (bribery) is being under consideration – the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Transcarpathian region.