Former head of the Kamensk-Uralsky traffic police, Yakov Barbitsky, was detained by security forces
FSB and SOBR officers detained Yakov Barbitsky, head of the City Management Department, on suspicion of taking a bribe.
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- In Kamensk-Uralsky, FSB and SOBR officers detained the head of the MKU “City Management Department” and the former head of the traffic police, Yakov Barbitsky.
- The official is suspected of taking a bribe; during his arrest, he locked himself in the apartment and threw away his phone.
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Yakov Barbitsky previously headed the Kamensk-Uralsky traffic police, and at the time of his arrest he headed the Municipal Municipality Department of Municipal Services.
FSB officers, with the force support of members of the special rapid reaction squad (SOBR), detained the former head of the Kamensk-Uralsky traffic police, Yakov Barbitsky, who now works as the head of the Municipal Municipality Department of Municipal Economy. This is reported by E1.ru with reference to a source.
Security forces raided the official’s home at five o’clock in the morning. Barbitsky locked himself and did not want to open the door for them, and in the end they had to cut it down. He managed to throw the phone from the balcony, but the operatives found it.
“He behaves like a sultan,” the publication’s source noted, adding that the ex-traffic cop is suspected of taking a bribe.
