“The court granted the investigator's petition to impose a preventive measure against Saidov in the form of detention.
The term of arrest is set until May 12, "RIA Novosti quotes the press secretary of the court, Irina Sofinskaya.
The defendant is charged with abuse of power with grave consequences and faces up to ten years in prison.
According to the Investigative Committee, in 2019, the Sovetsky District Court of Astrakhan considered an administrative offense case in connection with non-compliance with the customs procedure by Alliance Shipping Shipyard LLC.
Within the framework of the case, the seizure of the sea cargo ship "Genrikh Hasanov" was imposed.
Saidov, exceeding his official authority, released the ship from Russia to Iran.
Due to these illegal actions, it became impossible to recover a fine imposed by the court in the amount of more than 83 million rubles.
In addition, Saidov's actions entailed a significant violation of the legal procedure for the activities of the units of the FCS of Russia.
Earlier in Moscow, the former head of the customs control department was arrested after the release of goods from the St. Petersburg customs, accused of taking a bribe in the amount of 20 million rubles.