Russia (bbabo.net), - In the Irkutsk region, investigators charged with taking especially large bribes and. O. head of the Nizhneudinsk customs post. We are talking about an amount exceeding three million rubles, they said today in the regional head office of the RF IC.

According to law enforcement officers, the customs officer extorted money from the head of an enterprise exporting timber - he demanded to transfer 3.6 million rubles through an intermediary. This amount, divided into parts (300 thousand per month), was a payment for connivance at the customs post. The acting head of the post created conditions forcing the entrepreneur to provide illegal remuneration.

Employees of the Investigative Committee and the FSB detained the recipient of the bribe and the intermediary during the transfer of money. Searches were carried out at the place of residence of the alleged criminals. Charges have been filed. The customs officer was taken into custody. The measure of restraint for the second person involved in the criminal case is a written undertaking not to leave the country.

Investigators are establishing other facts that testify to the official's illegal activities.

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