City Police Series
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Motosquad: Russian motorcycle cops show how to catch suspects | City Police Episode 1
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Traffic Police: Russian motorcycle cops show how to catch suspects | City Police Episode 2
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Water Police: How to catch suspected criminals on the river? | City Police Episode 3. How to catch suspected criminals on the river?
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Moscow Metro | City Police Episode 4. How the Metro police maintain order on crowded stations and in ominous tunnels
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Grom Special Forces | City Police Episode 5. What does it take to become a GROM special forces officer?
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Grom Special Forces (Part 2) | City Police Episode 6. How the GROM squad works a drug case
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Mounted Police | City Police Episode 7. How mounted police catch criminals with grace
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Internal Affairs Ministry University (Part 1) | City Police Episode 8. Learning to keep people safe
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Internal Affairs Ministry University | City Police Episode 9. How evidence can be essential to solving a crime
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Moscow Criminal Intelligence | City Police Series Episode 10. Where high profile crimes are investigated
Grom Special Forces (Part 2) | City Police Episode 6. How the GROM squad works a drug case
The new episode of the City Police series hosted by Alexander Nosik has him following the GROM Russian special police team in the field. He joins an operation where the squad detain a drug addict and suspected pusher. The arrest was part of an investigation into a major drug ring. Typically, the operation is planned by the detectives working the case, and the GROM team handles the physical part — they detain suspects and protect the investigating detectives. Anti-drug trafficking is one of the GROM’s areas of expertise. It takes up a significant part of their training and is seen as a valuable asset for the Federal Drug Control Service.
Recent successful operations include discovering a stash of 4 kilos of marijuana and 40 kilos of hashish, worth 34 million rubles, or half a million dollars. After detaining the suspect, the GROM team has to search the apartment for evidence. The team has trained, so they don’t miss or misinterpret any significant pieces of evidence. Everything the GROM members find will be used in court.
Some GROM operations are very lucrative and are performed seamlessly. Sometimes there can be complications, or it can be a boring stakeout waiting for hours. Want to get a behind-the-scenes look at the city police routine? Check out the new episodes of our City Police series every Monday at 14:00 GMT on the RT Documentary YT Channel or rtd.rt.com.