In Zhitomir, a local resident with cannabis in his sock attacked a policeman with a knife
In Zhitomir, a man who was stopped for violating traffic rules attacked a policeman with a knife.
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This was reported by the communications department of the State Police in the Zhytomyr region.
The man was stopped on May 4, he refused to show his driver’s license to the police, after which, while filling out administrative materials, he attacked a patrolman with a knife. The patrolman managed to avoid serious injuries; he suffered a puncture wound to the neck and head, and was treated without hospitalization. Already at the department, a substance similar to cannabis was found in the man’s sock.
“Consequently, based on these events, criminal proceedings were initiated under Article 345 (Threat or violence against a law enforcement officer) and Article 309 (Illegal production, manufacture, acquisition, storage, transportation or transfer of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues without purpose sales) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine,” the message says.
The man could face a sentence ranging from 2 years of correctional labor to 3 years in prison.
In Zhitomir, a local resident with cannabis in his sock attacked a police officer with a knife.