Cop Eats Bribe Cash to Avoid Arrest

The Moscow Times 29 Nov

A Saratov region traffic cop who tried to avoid arrest for taking a bribe by hastily eating 15,000 rubles ($480) he had just pocketed was hit with a whopping 600,000 ruble fine.

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Andrei Zakharov was caught in May while sitting in an official car outside a police station in the town of Rtishchevo taking a bribe in return for giving a driver his license back, the Investigative Committee said Monday.

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