In the Moscow region, a policeman died while arresting drug dealers

The Chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, requested a report on the progress of the investigation into the criminal case into the encroachment on the lives of law enforcement officers and illegal storage of weapons in the Moscow region, the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee told RIA Novosti.

A policeman was shot dead while detaining suspected drug dealers in the village of Panovo, Naro-Fominsk urban district. The criminal who shot at the law enforcement officer was neutralized, RIA Novosti was told at the Moscow region headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the region reported that after the murder of a police officer, a criminal case was opened on encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer and illegal possession of weapons.

“The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed the head of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Moscow Region, Yaroslav Yakovlev, to submit an operational report on the results of the initial investigative actions and the established circumstances,” the department said.