Another police officer has been arrested for stealing seized alcohol. This time, in Saratov.

Police Major Sergei Sorokin suspected of stealing alcohol-containing products that were seized during a raid in 2021 because they were allegedly sold without proper documentation.

The seized batch, several thousand liters in volume, was sent to Rosspirtprom for storage. However, it was later revealed that about 3400 liters "evaporated" somewhere along the way.

How to сообщает According to the Telegram channel "Shot," the 38-year-old major worked in the department for combating trade crimes at the Saratov Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

According to the Saratov Telegram channel "Tsibirev", he led anti-corruption department and was detained on June 22 right at his workplace.

It is also noted that the alcohol stolen by the police officer was taken from the store illegally and should have been returned.

The investigation only found Sorokin eight months after the criminal case on the theft was opened, when they were working on possible supply chains for the production of alcoholic beverages. "Mr. Cider."

The investigation is currently determining where exactly Major Sorokin disposed of the 3400 liters of stolen alcohol and whether it was used in cider production.

Earlier detained police sergeant Ivan Grebenkin, who helped steal methanol from a Samara Ministry of Internal Affairs warehouse. The stolen alcohol was subsequently used to make cider, which was consumed after perished 37 people and another 105 were injured.