In the Volyn region, employees of the internal security department discovered two employees of the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the region who in August 2004 illegally removed a car from the impound lot and handed it over to a local resident, a private entrepreneur, for which they received a 300 hryvnia bribe from the latter. As reported by the Department of Public Relations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the aforementioned car was listed as material evidence in a criminal case opened against its owner for committing a murder. The regional prosecutor's office opened a criminal case on the grounds of crimes provided for by Part 2 of Article 191 and Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (misappropriation, embezzlement of property or seizure thereof through abuse of official position).