"In the course of the joint work of investigators of the Investigative Committee and operational officers on the territory of the Andropovsky district, a 28-year-old suspect in the murder of the deputy head of the criminal investigation department of OP No. 4 of the Russian MIA Administration for the city of Stavropol was detained," RIA Novosti reported.
The department added that the man will soon be taken to the investigator for investigative actions.
Earlier it was reported that in Stavropol, late in the evening on July 23, an attempt was made on the life of Police Major, Deputy Head of the Criminal Investigation Department Ruslan Abovyan.
A law enforcement officer died in intensive care.
Investigators opened a criminal case into the incident.