Police officer sentenced to five years for bribery of 3,000 soles in San Juan de Miraflores
A National Police non-commissioned officer received 3,000 soles from an intoxicated driver in exchange for not issuing fines. He was sentenced to five years in prison following an operation catching him in flagrante delicto.
Police non-commissioned officer sentenced for bribery in case of intoxicated driver in Lima
A non-commissioned officer of the National Police of Peru (PNP) was sentenced to five years of imprisonment after receiving 3,000 soles from a driver stopped for driving under the influence in the district of San Juan de Miraflores, Lima. This was reported by losandes.com.pe, based on information from the Public Prosecutor's Office.
The officer, identified by the initials P. S. U. and assigned to the San Juan de Miraflores Police Station, allegedly initially demanded 4,000 soles in exchange for not issuing the corresponding fine, preventing the cancellation of the driver's licence of the driver pulled over, and allowing him to keep his vehicle. He ultimately received 3,000 soles.
The Public Prosecutor's Office investigated him for the crime of passive bribery proper in the exercise of police functions, having requested money in exchange for omitting his obligations as an authority. The delivery of the agreed amount allowed the authorities to carry out an operation to arrest him in flagrante delicto inside the San Juan de Miraflores Police Station itself.
The proceedings were directed by assistant provincial prosecutors Jimmy Mansilla Castañeda and Efraín Rivasplata Mora. To support the prosecution, the Public Prosecutor's Office gathered documentation related to the stop and identification of the police personnel involved, including a copy of the recordings from the surveillance cameras of the San Juan de Miraflores District Municipality.
These records formed part of the evidentiary elements presented during the judicial process. The case was handled by the Second Office of the Provincial Corporate Prosecutor's Office Specialising in Corruption Crimes by Officials of Southern Lima.
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