A court in Kaspiysk confiscated a local resident's car.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan has remanded a Kaspiysk court decision that confiscated a local resident's car for drunk driving, despite it belonging to someone else.

According to case materials, security forces in Kaspiysk detained a local resident who was driving a Mercedes while intoxicated. They also found drugs and a firearm on him.

The Kaspiysk City Court found him guilty and sentenced him to three years and six months in a maximum-security penal colony. The appellate ruling, published on the website of the Supreme Court of Dagestan, stated that the Mercedes was confiscated by the state.

At the trial, the Kaspiysk resident explained that the car belonged to a friend, not him. In his appeal, the friend expressed his disagreement with the confiscation of the car. The Supreme Court of Dagestan overturned the portion of the case involving the confiscation of the car and remanded it for retrial. The rest of the verdict was upheld, the court ruling stated.

No comments were received from the Kaspiysk resident or his representatives regarding the court's decision.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that on February 1, it was discovered that 33 million rubles had been discovered in the accounts of the wife of Ruslan Gamzatov, head of the Botlikh District. The official's explanation that the money belonged to his businessman relative was not satisfactory to the court, which seized the funds. The Supreme Court of Dagestan upheld the decision.

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