A search was conducted at the home of Eduard Stavitski, former Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine. 

As a result, 42 kilograms of gold and $4.8 million in cash were confiscated, Arsen Avakov, Interim Internal Affairs Minister of Ukraine, wrote in his Facebook account.

The search was conducted within the framework of the investigation into the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry officials’ embezzlement of state property, Ukrainskaya Pravda reported.

Numerous other valuable items and documents likewise were confiscated as a result of the search.