Organized group supplying drugs to pre-trial detention center exposed in Kyiv region

In the Kyiv region, law enforcement officers exposed and shut down the activities of an organized group of seven people who established a scheme for selling narcotic drugs in Kyiv, the region, and the Kyiv Pre-trial Detention Center. According to the investigation, the illegal activity was coordinated by one of the inmates, who managed accomplices both inside the detention center and at large. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General, according to UNN.

Under the procedural guidance of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, the activities of an organized group of seven people who established the illegal sale of narcotic drugs in Kyiv, the Kyiv region, and the State Institution "Kyiv Pre-trial Detention Center" have been terminated,

According to the investigation, the scheme was organized by one of the inmates who, while in the pre-trial detention center, coordinated the activities of accomplices both inside the institution and at large. Group members purchased methadone and other restricted drugs, disguised them in food products, and sent them via mail to the detention center. Once there, the drugs were sold, and the proceeds were distributed among the organizers of the scheme.

The group's activities were systematic and generated significant profits. Every month, its members sold between 300 and 800 methadone tablets in Kyiv and the region, with the black market price of a single tablet ranging from 400 to 600 hryvnias.

The investigation also established that certain individuals on substitution maintenance therapy, contrary to established rules, received methadone simultaneously at several medical facilities, allowing them to accumulate the drug for further illegal sale.

Law enforcement officers documented numerous instances of the sale and shipment of narcotic drugs, particularly via mail to the pre-trial detention center, and conducted a series of undercover methadone purchases.

During 15 authorized searches, methadone, diphenhydramine, sonnat, mobile phones, bank cards, rough notes, medical documentation, drug accounting logs, prescription forms, computer equipment, and cash were seized.

All members of the organized group have been notified of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

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