Drug cartel with a profit of UAH 135 million exposed in three regions of Ukraine
Kyiv • UNN
Police have completed an investigation into 11 members of a drug group who supplied drugs from the EU via mail. During 58 searches, prohibited substances worth UAH 5 million were seized.
The pre-trial investigation against 11 members of a criminal group who supplied drugs and psychotropic substances from the European Union and sold them on the territory of Ukraine has been completed. The drug group operated on the territory of the Kiev, Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv regions, writes UNN with reference to the National Police of Ukraine.
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The defendants ensured the functioning of an extensive distribution center, whose employees sold substances prohibited for circulation through Telegram channels.
Such activities brought them income in the amount of more than 135 million hryvnias.
Law enforcement officers found that two of the defendants, who lived abroad, under the guise of household appliances, sent drug products using international mail.
Then, their accomplices from Ukraine received these errors and sold products in bulk to a trusted circle of people. Also, the attackers transferred narcotic drugs and Psychotropic Substances by mail throughout Ukraine.
In entertainment venues, the "from hand to hand"method was used. payment for such goods was made only in cryptocurrency. Police conducted 58 simultaneous searches in the territory of the Kiev, Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv regions. Therefore, prohibited substances worth more than five million hryvnias were seized.
The defendants were charged under six articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. For the crime committed, the attackers face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
recall
40 people organized a large-scale production and sale of drugs in the Cherkasy region. During 120 searches, drugs and equipment worth UAH 20 million were seized, and the detainees face up to 12 years in prison.
