Official caught on a bribe. At the same time he received money in Russian rubles. According to the press service of the Military Prosecutor's Office of the Southern Region of Ukraine, during the pre-trial investigation it was established that the Chief State Inspector at the checkpoint of the entry-exit Chaplink demanded and received from the citizen 15,000 Russian rubles.

For this he promised to skip the transportation without declaring the Russian currency in the amount of 70 thousand rubles and unimpeded import from the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea to the Ukrainian mainland of valuable property.

After receiving a bribe of an unclean customs official detained by law enforcement officers.

Now the bribe taker will be informed about the suspicion of committing a crime under the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The police are preparing a petition to the court to select a preventive measure in the form of detention.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in the military unit in Khmelnytsky region on Thursday evening, February 22, was detained commander of the military unit. The officer was caught on a bribe. Together with him the police detained his deputy. According to the press service of the Security Service of Ukraine, it was established on the eve that more than half a year officials received a monthly "tribute" from a merchant for the activities of illegal outlets in the territory adjacent to the military unit.