{"id":601616,"date":"2026-07-30T17:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/07\/601616\/serve-and-protect-captain-suspected-of-drug-trafficking-and-accepting-payment-for-passage-through-checkpoints\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:38:34","slug":"serve-and-protect-captain-suspected-of-drug-trafficking-and-accepting-payment-for-passage-through-checkpoints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/07\/601616\/serve-and-protect-captain-suspected-of-drug-trafficking-and-accepting-payment-for-passage-through-checkpoints\/","title":{"rendered":"\"Serve and protect\": captain suspected of drug trafficking and accepting payment for passage through checkpoints"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Central District Court of the city of Mykolaiv<\/strong> imposed a preventive measure on a police officer with the special rank of “captain”<\/strong>. The law enforcement officer is suspected of trafficking a particularly dangerous psychotropic substance and abuse of influence.<\/p>\n

The press service of the Central District Court of the city of Mykolaiv<\/strong> reported this on 30 July 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to the motion materials, in July 2026<\/strong> a serviceman who had deserted the military and was wanted needed to travel from Kherson<\/strong> to Odesa<\/strong>. He could not make such a trip on his own because of temporary checkpoints along the route.<\/p>\n

Through an acquaintance, the serviceman met the suspected police officer. According to the court, the captain offered to escort the man to Odesa<\/strong> without hindrance for 40,000 hryvnias<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The next day the serviceman transferred the first part of the illicit payment to the police officer \u2014 3,000 hryvnias<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

During the trip from Kherson<\/strong> to Odesa<\/strong>, the captain, as stated in the motion materials, showed his service ID at checkpoints and gave the corresponding service passwords. Because of this, a thorough document check of the people in the car allegedly was not carried out.<\/p>\n

Before the last checkpoint the serviceman handed the police officer the remainder of the agreed sum \u2014 37,000 hryvnias<\/strong>. After receiving the money the captain was detained.<\/p>\n

The investigation also accuses the police officer of another episode. According to law enforcement, in June 2026<\/strong> he sold a resident of Kherson<\/strong> the particularly dangerous psychotropic substance PVP.<\/p>\n

This episode was qualified under Part 2 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine<\/strong> \u2014 illegal sale of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances committed under aggravating circumstances. The actions related to receiving 40,000 hryvnias<\/strong> were qualified under Part 3 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine<\/strong> \u2014 abuse of influence.<\/p>\n

At the court hearing the suspect and his defenders objected to granting the investigators’ motion. They asked the court to impose house arrest on the police captain.<\/p>\n

Investigative judge Volodymyr Liashchenko<\/strong> decided to remand the suspect in custody. At the same time the court set the possibility of posting bail in the amount of 499,200 hryvnias<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The policeman currently has the status of a suspect. His guilt can only be established by a guilty verdict of a court that has entered into legal force.<\/p>\n

Earlier we wrote:<\/h3>\n