Three Latvian police officers held on suspicions of graft

  • 2016-06-16
  • BNS/LETA/TBT STAFF/RIGA
The State Police's Internal Affairs Department has detained three police officers on suspicion of soliciting bribes. Spokeswoman from the Internal Affairs Department Diana Petersa informed LETA that during a special investigation, an inspector at a police precinct in the Latgale Regional Police Department was detained for demanding a 1,500-euro bribe for influencing the result of a petition submitted to the department. The mentioned officer has since been detained and taken into custody as a security measure. Meanwhile, in a diffe...
 
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