Kaliningrad citizen gave the security officer a bribe for the sake of transporting goods abroad and sat in jail

The Central district court of Kaliningrad detained a 48-year-old local resident suspected of giving a large bribe. This was reported in the Kaliningrad Regional Court.

According to investigators, on the night of November 5, a man in a cafe on Mira Avenue handed over 500 thousand rubles to the senior officer of the FSB of Russia in the Kaliningrad region. The bribe was intended for the general protection of one of the commercial organizations and the organization of the unimpeded movement of its goods across the border without customs inspection.

The money was transferred through a friend who acted as part of the operational-search activity. The suspect was arrested the same day. A criminal case was opened against him under the article on giving a bribe in an especially large amount.

The court took into account the gravity of the crime (the sanction provides for up to 12 years in prison), as well as the fact that the man does not have a permanent place of residence in the region and can escape from the investigation. The suspect and his defense asked for a softer measure of restraint, but the court sent him to the pre-trial detention center until January 5, 2027. The ruling has not yet entered into force.

Earlier we wrote that the deputy head of the Slavsk administration was sent to the pre-trial detention center for fictitious contracts.