Illegally selling drug-containing medicines: pharmacists of three pharmacies exposed in Kyiv
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Kyiv police exposed pharmacists at three pharmacies who illegally sold codeine-containing drugs, seized more than 6,000 pills, and charged four people with criminal charges. The suspects face up to three years in prison.
У In Kyiv, pharmacists at three pharmacies were illegally selling drug-containing medicines. drugs. During the searches, law enforcement officers seized more than six thousand of restricted pills, computer equipment, cash registers, and money, official documents and money. This was reported by the police press service Kyiv police press service, according to UNN.
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According to Oleksandr Dybov, head of the Kyiv City Police Department for Combating Drug Crimes, law enforcement officers documented the facts of illegal sale in three pharmacies of one of the pharmacy chains of combined narcotic drugs, containing codeine.
In total, four people were found to have violated the rules for the sale of restricted drugs.
We found that the offenders worked in various pharmacies in the capital. The offenders illegally sold medicines containing the narcotic drug codeine. They were selling medicines without a doctor's prescription, which are subject to sale only if a doctor's prescription is available. In addition, during the search of the premises, we seized more than six thousand restricted pills, laptops, cash registers, a payment terminal, official documents and cash,
Under the procedural guidance of the Shevchenkivskyi District Prosecutor's Office of investigators served four pharmacy employees suspicion notices under Part 1 Article 320 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - violation of the established rules of circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues or precursors.
In accordance with the sanction incriminated the defendants in the article, they face imprisonment for up to three years, with deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years.
