{"id":575081,"date":"2026-09-09T19:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T16:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=575081"},"modified":"2026-09-09T20:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:28:45","slug":"sobr-officer-shoots-suspected-drug-dealer-in-the-legs-in-salihorsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/sobr-officer-shoots-suspected-drug-dealer-in-the-legs-in-salihorsk","title":{"rendered":"SOBR Officer Shoots Suspected Drug Dealer In The Legs In Salihorsk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Salihorsk District Department of Internal Affairs drug control officers, with armed support from Special Rapid Response Unit\u00a0 (SOBR) officers, detained a 47-year-old local man in a shooting incident. The Interior Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pressmvd\/24476\">said<\/a> he is suspected of distributing large quantities of drugs in Minsk Region.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry, the man had previously been convicted of robbery and illegal drug trafficking. It is alleged that he resisted arrest and moved toward police officers with an object resembling a knife. A special forces serviceman used a firearm and fired a targeted shot at the suspect\u2019s legs.<\/p>\n<p>The man received medical assistance at the scene and was subsequently hospitalized.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_575046\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-575046\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_9-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-575046 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_9-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_9-9.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_9-9-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_9-9-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_9-9-719x400.jpg 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-575046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from video t.me\/pressmvd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_575048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-575048\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-575048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_11.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_11-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_11-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_11-719x400.jpg 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-575048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from video t.me\/pressmvd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_575049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-575049\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-575049 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_12.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_12-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_12-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_12-719x400.jpg 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-575049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from video t.me\/pressmvd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_575050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-575050\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-575050 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_13.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_13-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_13-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_13-719x400.jpg 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-575050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from video t.me\/pressmvd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salihorsk District Department of Internal Affairs drug control officers, with armed support from Special Rapid Response Unit\u00a0 (SOBR) officers, detained a 47-year-old local man in a shooting incident. The Interior Ministry said he is suspected of distributing large quantities of drugs in Minsk Region. According to the ministry, the man had previously been convicted of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":575080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6aa19755ca682.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"SOBR Officer Shoots Suspected Drug Dealer In The Legs In Salihorsk"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143094],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-incident"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}