For $10,000 bypassing checkpoints: serviceman in Kyiv tried to smuggle acquaintance to Moldova. PHOTOS
In Kyiv, law enforcement officers exposed and detained a serviceman who had organized a scheme to illegally smuggle men of conscription age across Ukraine’s state border.
He planned to illegally take his acquaintance to Moldova, bypassing official checkpoints, Censor.NET reports.
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According to the investigation, the cost of the illegal transfer was $10,000. For this money, the suspect developed the following plan:
- personally escort the "client" in his own car from the capital to the city of Uman in the Cherkasy region;
- hand the man over to his accomplices ("his people") in Uman;
- ensure unhindered crossing of the Ukrainian-Moldovan border outside official checkpoints.
The scheme was not carried out to the end. Security forces detained the serviceman "red-handed" immediately after he received the full amount of the unlawful benefit, $10,000.
The issue of serving the detainee with a notice of suspicion over the illegal smuggling of persons across Ukraine’s state border and choosing a measure of restraint for him is currently being decided. Investigative actions are ongoing to identify other persons who may be involved in the scheme.
