Law enforcers extorted US$10,000 from their victims.
Officers with Kyiv's Solomyansky Police Division have been charged with kidnapping and extortion.
Two detectives and an inquest officer at the Unit, disguised as potential buyers of a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV, illegally detained a 50-year-old Lviv resident and his friend, according to the Internal Security Department of the National Police.
The officers accused the owner of the car of allegedly driving a stolen vehicle.
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After police officers received EUR 2,000, they allowed the car owner to provide the remaining US$2,500 of the ransom later. Only after were both hostages released.
The State Bureau of Investigations initiated criminal proceedings against the police officers involved in the scheme.
Three law enforcers have already been served with charge papers.
The investigation is underway.