Macedonian Interior Ministry arrests 15 policemen and customs officers over bribe charges

Skopje. Fifteen policemen and customs officers were arrested in Macedonia over the weekend over bribe charges, the correspondent of FOCUS News Agency, Dejan Nikolovski in Skopje reported. The Macedonian Interior Ministry confirmed the information but did not give details. The measures are supposedly part of an operation against corruption in the Interior Ministry and the Customs. Forty policemen and customs officers were arrested fifteen days ago. The police found the total of EUR 40,000 in their homes and offices.