Siberian Policeman Eats Bribe
By Wyatt Earp | March 10, 2010
I know what you’re thinking: The bribe had to be candy, beets, or a fine, corn-fed hog, right? Eh, not so much. Apparently, this knucklehead took a cash bribe from a motorist, then ate the payola when he was confronted by investigators.
Hey, what’s the worst they can do to the guy? He’s already patrolling Siberia!
MOSCOW – A Siberian traffic policeman was arrested for taking a 2,000-ruble (67-dollar) bribe and then trying to conceal his crime by eating the money, investigators said Tuesday.
The police captain in the Chelyabinsk region, Alexei Nikolayev, extorted the bribe from a driver on March 2 in exchange for not reporting a traffic offense, investigators said. The driver tipped off police, who detained Nikolayev later that day as he picked up the cash.
The policeman then locked himself in his police car and “ate the received money — a 1,000-ruble note and two 500-ruble notes,” investigators said.
Wow, I would hate to be the evidence custodian who has to wait for the money to, um, “pass through.”
Topics: The Job | 4 Comments »
March 10th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
LOLOL I am recovering from a baaaaad cold and at first after misreading the headline, I thought the headline read…Siberian Policeman Eats Bride. Like the Donner gulag wedding party might.
March 11th, 2010 at 8:43 am
Jon – The Donnerivich’s Go Out to Dinner.
March 12th, 2010 at 11:02 am
I guess the evidence tech would have to launder the money.
March 13th, 2010 at 11:36 am
Ingineer66 – Get Mike Rowe. It’s definitely a Dirty Job.