Police officers in Dagestan have been accused of violence and planting drugs.

In Dagestan, a criminal investigation has been completed against six Nogai District police officers. Five officers and the head of the investigation team are accused of falsifying evidence in a criminal case and using violence against a detainee.

As reported by Kavkazsky Knot, in mid-September 2024, four police officers in the Nogai District were suspected of fabricating a criminal case for drug possession, which they planted on a local resident.

According to investigators, no later than May 28, 2024, the four officers planned to plant drugs on a local resident in order to falsify the case and artificially inflate the crime detection rate in the district. The security forces agreed that if the victim refused to admit to possessing drugs, one of the officers would physically assault him, while the others would ensure the issuance of false documents, the Dagestan Investigative Committee reported today on its Telegram channel.

On May 29, detectives planted a narcotic on a resident and used physical violence against him. Based on false materials, the head of the inquiry team, who knew that a crime had not been committed, illegally opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and deliberately prepared false procedural documents.

Depending on the role of each, they are accused of committing crimes under Part 4 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of office committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy with the use of violence and the threat of its use, as well as with the use of torture) 1 , Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of office committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy) 2 , Part 4 of Article 303 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (falsification of the results of operational-investigative activity) 3 , Part 2 of Article 303 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (falsification of evidence in a criminal case by a person conducting an inquiry) 4 ,  as well as Part 1 of Article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal possession of narcotic drugs) 5 .

"The preliminary investigation has been completed. The criminal case has been sent to the prosecutor for approval of the indictment," the message.

Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" reported that Dagestani police officers were accused of drug trafficking and possession.