“Currently, ten persons have been detained.
At the request of the investigation, five defendants were arrested by the court.
With regard to the remaining five persons, the issue of choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention is being decided, ”the Investigative Committee said.
According to the investigation, the suspects in the period from April to November 2020 in the premises of the stationary weight control post and on the adjacent territory of the federal highway "Astrakhan - Kochubey - Kizlyar - Makhachkala" received bribes in the form of money from an indefinite circle of persons who carried out cargo transportation, for unimpeded passage without weight control.
The total amount of bribes exceeded 1.2 million rubles.
In February, the leaders of PJSC Territorial Generating Company No. 2 (TGK-2) and JSC Arkhoblenergo were detained in Moscow in connection with the fact that they created a threat to the energy security of the Arkhangelsk Region.