Former head of the Kommunarsky police department, Colonel Andrei Turgenev, was detained in Moscow

In Moscow, the former head of the internal affairs department was detained on suspicion of organizing illegal migration

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The former head of the Kommunarsky police department, Colonel Andrei Turgenev, was detained in Moscow on suspicion of organizing illegal migration. This was reported by the Baza Telegram channel.

As the source found out, FSB officers detained the colonel on the evening of April 3, together with a senior inspector of the migration department.

The investigation believes that the detainees along with another Several colleagues organized a criminal group and for a long time regularly received money for fictitious registration of foreign citizens. So far, it is known that they have illegally registered over a thousand migrants.

Law enforcement officers have opened two criminal cases under the articles “Abuse of official authority” and “Organization of illegal migration.”

The source noted, that Turgenev has been retired since February 2024.