On 30 October 2021, Aliaksandr was detained by a local police officer who was off duty and in plain clothes: the officer regarded the "Pahonia" coat of arms stickers on his headphones as an illegal picket. Aliaksandr did not realise the man was a police officer, and a scuffle broke out during the detention.
Aliaksandr was given 15 days of administrative arrest for the "picket", and the headphones were confiscated. When the arrest ended, he was not released but detained in a criminal case for resisting the officer, and was held in custody until the trial.
In February 2022, he was found guilty in a criminal case opened under the article "Resistance to a law enforcement officer". Aliaksandr did not plead guilty.
According to human rights defenders' calculations, he was released in September 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
