“He was cheerful, sane”
The body of 37-year-old Zalim Kerefov was found in solitary confinement in the pretrial detention center in the city of Noginsk, near Moscow, on July 16, as reported on the Telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of the Moscow Region. Law enforcement officers, together with a forensic expert, examined the scene and questioned the pre-trial detention center staff.
“Criminal case has been initiated due to the negligence of the pre-trial detention center officials resulting in the death of a detainee in Noginsk. Job descriptions, security document seized, assigned to forensic medicine, molecular genetics, handwriting forensic examination. A series of investigations are underway to identify the negligent official. “said.
The defendant’s lawyer, Alexei Tsyganov, does not believe that the Vice-Chancellor of the Russian Customs Academy may have committed suicide.
“Our position is this – she was cheerful, she was sane, she has small children, it’s hard to believe. Couldn’t go for it. I am confident that this incident will be investigated,” Tsyganov told RIA Novosti.
As Izvestia clarified, Kerefov’s body was found in SIZO No. Found in 1. According to preliminary information, the Vice-Chancellor committed suicide. He had a note with him in which he wrote that the prisoner had repented of his crime and was therefore placed in a pre-trial detention centre.
Referring to the press service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Moscow Region, RIA Novosti reported that no signs of violent death were found on Kerefov’s body.
“An ambulance brigade and an investigation-operation group were immediately called to the agency that detected the death of the accused. <...> According to preliminary data, no signs of violent death were found, the ministry said in a statement.
Sergei Leonov, head of the Moscow region PMC, told the agency that human rights activists also plan to visit the pre-trial detention center where Kerefov’s body was found.
Drugs on the dark web
Kerefov was detained at his workplace on July 5th. Two days later, the Lyubertsy Court of the Moscow Region arrested it’s two months. The Investigative Committee of the Moscow Region explained that the investigators formed the accomplices of the vice-rector of the RTA.
“It was found that the accused purchased 2 kg of a narcotic substance, then packaged it in smaller volumes and sold it through a network of courier and online stores on the Darknet. Nine bookmarks containing drugs with links were found on the defendants’ computer, the headquarters of the department near Moscow said.
Law enforcement also “succeeded in establishing the place where prohibited substances were produced, from which the accused bought drugs.”
“Thus, during the operation, the activities of a large drug laboratory were stopped, the organizer and his accomplices were detained, more than 750 liters of drug-containing liquid and precursor, 62 kg of mephedrone and expensive equipment were seized. Soon he will be charged and a preventive measure in the form of detention will be chosen” – in the UK It was concluded in the Moscow region.
On July 7, Alexei Tsyganov, a lawyer for the Vice-Chancellor of the RTA, told TASS that Kerefov was guilty of selling 2 kilograms of drugs over the darknet and confessed to the investigation.
“My client admits to what he is accused of. In particular, he is accused of selling narcotic substances on a large scale. He admits that he was involved and gives evidence,” said the lawyer.
The agency also said that now the Investigative Committee is checking other leaders of the Russian Customs Academy, where Kerefov gave drugs.
Olga Vradiy, representative of the Main Investigation Department of the Moscow Region Investigative Committee, announced to TASS on the same day that the investigation detained Kerefov, the organizer of the drug laboratory, and two accomplices.
Source: Gazeta
