They made over 1 million hryvnias per month from methadone: a drug gang was liquidated in Cherkasy region In the Cherkasy region, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) neutralized a criminal group that was selling methadone on a large scale. The monthly "income" of the criminals was over one million hryvnias. This was reported by the SBU press service. According to the investigation, the criminal business was organized by several residents of Uman. They set up a drug distribution network in the city and the surrounding area. The dealers were selling methadone "from hand to hand" during personal meetings, as well as through a network of dealers. Law enforcement officers documented more than 20 episodes of the criminals selling drugs. During searches at the residences of the perpetrators and in their cars, law enforcement officers found: * packaged methadone; * cash obtained from the sale of drugs; * mobile phones with evidence of illegal activity. Based on the collected evidence, the organizers and members of the criminal group were served notices of suspicion under Part 3 of Art. 307 (illegal production, manufacture, acquisition, storage, transportation, shipment or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The perpetrators face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property. The operation to expose and neutralize the criminals was carried out by officers of the SBU in the Cherkasy region together with the National Police under the procedural supervision of the regional prosecutor's office.
Kyiv • UNN
In the Cherkasy region, a criminal organization of 17 people, which distributed methadone in large cities, has been exposed. The perpetrators ordered drugs in large quantities and sold them via Telegram.
Police in Cherkasy region exposed a drug organization of 17 people who distributed methadone in large cities. This is reported by UNN with reference to the National Police of Ukraine in Telegram.
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According to the police, operatives spent more than six months collecting evidence of the involvement of members of the criminal group in the "scheme" of methadone distribution. Its organization involves a group of people who acted according to a clearly established mechanism.
The criminal organization was organized by a 33-year-old resident of Cherkasy region. She involved 16 more people in her criminal business, whose actions she constantly kept under personal control.
Each had a separate role in the criminal process: from administering Telegram channels and receiving "customer" orders to supplying methadone and making закладки.
The dealers ordered drugs in large quantities of 2-3 kg, packaged them in small doses and sold them in Odesa, as well as Cherkasy and Kyiv regions.
Orders were received through specially created Telegram channels, and money for "goods" - to bank cards registered to dummy persons, and crypto wallets.
The monthly income of drug traffickers reached one million hryvnias. Approximately 5 thousand dollars were spent on the purchase of drugs, payment of "salaries" to members of the group, maintenance and refueling of cars.
The rest of the "profit" was withdrawn online by the dealers. At the end of each month, the leader of the drug group distributed the accumulated money among all accomplices.
Based on the collected evidence, the organizer and her 16 accomplices were notified of suspicion. The defendants face up to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Let us remind you
The police of Khmelnytsky region exposed a large-scale drug laboratory, which was organized by a 44-year-old Kyiv resident with eight accomplices. The attackers produced 1-3 kg of methadone and amphetamine daily, which they sold through " закладки" in Khmelnytsky and Kyiv regions.