Robberies and extortion - in Kharkov police detained members of a public organization
Assailants under the guise of police officers were engaged in extorting funds from drug addicts and persons involved in the illegal trafficking of narcotic substances. They also “specialized” in robberies. Yesterday, August 9, the court took them into custody.
The criminal activities of members of a public organization that positions themselves as fighters with drug crime, operatives of the Strategic Investigation Department in the Kharkiv region of the National Police together with law enforcement colleagues have exposed criminal activities.
As the police found out, the attackers under the guise of public activities, in fact, were engaged in extorting funds from persons involved in illegal drug operations. At the same time, they were represented by police officers. So that the victims did not have any doubts, those involved carefully prepared: they bought uniform clothes and used identification cards and special tokens.
Often the extortion process was accompanied by physical violence. Fearing criminal prosecution, the victims agreed to the demands of the pseudo-police. Also, the latter “specialized” in robberies.
On Saturday, August 7, police officers with the force support of the special unit KORD detained three people “in hot air”.
The latter robbed a local resident. According to the results of the authorized searches, IDs of members of a public organization, tokens to them, uniforms, weapons, handcuffs and other special equipment were seized in their dwellings.
On the basis of the evidence received, investigators of the investigative department of the GUNP in the Kharkiv region informed the detainees about the suspicion under Part 2 of Art. 186 (robbery) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
After carrying out the necessary procedural measures, the issue of additional qualification of their actions under several articles of the Criminal Code will be resolved:
- extortion (article 189);
- inflicting grievous bodily harm (article 122); - unauthorized assignment of authority or the title of an official (article 353).
Yesterday, August 9, the court chose for the suspects preventive measures in the form of detention with the right to make bail — 181 thousand UAH each.
A pre-trial investigation is ongoing, the procedural management of which is carried out by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
The involvement of intruders in the commission of other crimes in the territory of Kharkiv and the region is checked.
Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police of Ukraine
