A military court in Nizhny Novgorod convicted former head of the regional investigation department of the Federal State Security Service (FSB), Vladimir Obukhov, of drug dealing. Colonel Obukhov and his deputy sold to local drug dealers heroine seized as evidence. Reportedly, some 40 kg of heroine was stolen by the officers, although the prosecution centered on a 300 gram batch sold to undercover Narcotics Department agents. Obukhov was sentenced to twelve years of imprisonment. His deputy was beaten to death in confinement before the trial (the investigation of the killing is in progress).
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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