MOSCOW, December 3 (RAPSI) – Russian investigators have arrested two suspects in the killing of Dmitry Soshnev, the director of Coca-Cola plant near St. Petersburg, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing the Investigative Committee.

Soshnev went missing last Friday.

Investigators have established that prior to his disappearance, Soshnev met with Denis Chkhitauri and Vyacheslav Finogenov who had been previously convicted for murder.

Investigators claim that Finogenov shot Soshnev from a homemade gun.

“The suspects took the victim’s money (about 150,000 rubles or $2,900), documents and BMW car, which they planned to sell for 1 million rubles (about $19,600),” the agency quotes the statement of the Investigative Committee.