"A special operation of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the North Caucasus Federal District with the military support of the Russian Guard: in the morning, almost the entire top of the UGIBDD of the Stavropol Territory, headed by the head of the department, Alexei Safonov, was detained," he wrote.

According to him, in total there are more than 35 employees, they are charged with organizing a criminal community, taking bribes, abuse of authority.

As Khinshtein noted, in fact, a real mafia was operating in the region, profiting from everything: from thieves' numbers and the passage of heavy trucks to the sand trade.

Official comments from law enforcement agencies have not yet been reported.