Law enforcement officer exposed for smuggling draft dodger through forests to Poland for $15,000
Kyiv • UNN
Head of department of law enforcement agency in Kyiv region suspected of organizing illegal transfer of conscript abroad for $15,000. He faces up to 9 years in prison.
Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), in cooperation with the SBU, have notified the head of one of the departments of a law enforcement agency in the Kyiv region of suspicion. For 15,000 US dollars, he organized the illegal transfer of a person liable for military service across the state border. This is reported by UNN with reference to SBI.
Details
It is noted that the official "worked" in collusion with accomplices. He guaranteed a resident of Kyiv departure to Poland through the Volyn region. The client was taken by car to one of the hotels near the border, and from there - on motorcycles through the forests to the place of crossing outside official checkpoints. However, Polish law enforcement officers detained the fugitive and returned him to Ukraine, where the identity of the organizer was quickly established.
He is suspected of committing a criminal offense under Part 3 of Art. 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (organization of illegal transfer of persons across the state border of Ukraine by a group of persons by prior conspiracy). The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment for a term of up to 9 years
The investigation is ongoing, the suspect's accomplices and other possible facts of transferring evaders across the border are being established.
Procedural management is carried out by the Volyn Regional Prosecutor's Office.
Let us remind you
Law enforcement officers detained a 31-year-old man who organized the illegal transfer of conscripts to Romania. The suspect was found to have an arsenal of weapons, ammunition and forged documents.