In Astrakhan, ex-policemen were sentenced to prison for planting drugs
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In Astrakhan, a court sentenced two former police officers to 4.5 years in a general regime colony for drug trafficking and abuse of power after they planted illegal substances on a local resident.
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Why It Matters
Former police officers illegally possessed drugs and planted them on a local resident to artificially inflate their performance indicators.
In Astrakhan, a court sentenced two ex-police officers who planted drugs on a man to 4.5 years in a general regime colony. Lenta.ru was informed about this by the regional department of the Investigative Committee of Russia.
Former police officers were found guilty of abuse of power and drug trafficking.
The investigation and the court established that they illegally possessed 0.40 grams of a synthetic drug, which they hid at a site in the Kirovsky district. To artificially inflate their performance indicators, the defendants filed a report on the discovery of signs of a crime in the actions of a local resident, after which a criminal case was opened for attempted illegal sale of prohibited substances. The suspect was interrogated and taken into custody. However, the deception was soon revealed, and the criminal case against the man was dropped.
Open Questions
- Will the court verdict be appealed?
