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Gunmen shoot 3

Unidentified gunmen on May 7 shot Yuri Drigov, director of customs assistance company Roza-Plus, as well as his driver and bodyguard. Drigov and his driver were rushed to the hospital with various injuries, and the bodyguard died. According to local police, the assailants first shot from a Kalashnikov rifle and then threw a grenade at Drigov.

Drug dealer arrested

Police arrested 56-year-old drug dealer Antonina Chernova at on Cape Churkin January 15. The apartment where she was arrested at was a hangout for drug addicts for about a year, police reported. Police found 460 new rubles and $5,000 in the apartment. Chernova said she raised the money by selling ephedrine tablets—the raw material for making ephedron. Chernova pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison camp.

Doctors charged with accepting bribes

Two Vladivostok doctors recently broke the law by taking bribes, the Frunzensky District Prosecutor’s Office alleged. A trauma doctor identified as F. allegedly asked for a bribe from a woman who was eligible to get a disability certificate. He demanded $1,000 to get her case through to a Medical and Labor Expert Commission — the certificate issuing body, police said. On receiving an advance of $500, F. paid $400 to the chairman of the commission, identified as K., to arrange the proper documents, which she did, prosecutors said.