Ukrainian Law enforcers stage murder of Odesa businessman ordered by Russian special services
Pravda Ukraine
Ukrainian law enforcement officers have prevented the contract killing of a businessman and head of a local community organisation in Odesa Oblast.
Source: National Police of Ukraine (NPU); Prosecutor General’s Office; Security Service of Ukraine (SSU); a source from law enforcement agencies in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda
Quote: “As a result of a well-executed special operation, law enforcement officers detained the person who ordered the crime. The suspect is a 43-year-old resident of another oblast,” NPU reported.
Details: According to the UP source, the target was Hennadii Beibutian, a 56-year-old Odesa resident and businessman, whose murder had been reported by the media earlier. The detained suspect is believed to have received instructions to carry out the killing from Russian special services.
After receiving information about the planned assassination, investigators from the Odesa Oblast National Police, working alongside Security Service operatives and under the supervision of the Odesa Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, staged a special operation to document the crime and apprehend the suspect.
Law enforcement officers staged Beibutian’s murder, creating photo and video evidence as proof of the completed task, which they provided to the hitman to pass on to the mastermind of the murder.
The mastermind was arrested while receiving this report.
The payment for the murder was set at US$80,000, with US$70,000 promised to the hitman.
During the arrest, police seized a device believed to be a hand grenade, which has been sent for expert analysis.
Police have formally charged the suspect with attempted murder for hire, motivated by financial gain, as well as illegal possession of explosive devices.
The court granted the police’s request and placed the suspect in pre-trial detention without bail.
The investigation continues, with law enforcement and the SSU working to determine the motive behind the crime and identify any other individuals involved, the NPU reported.
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