A large drug trafficking channel was uncovered in the capital
This is reported by Kyiv24
In Kyiv, law enforcement officials arrested a criminal group of drug dealers who were selling several kilograms of illegal substances each month, generating a profit of about 5 million hryvnias. The illegal activity was organized by a 30-year-old resident of the city who led the group of accomplices.
How the drug trafficking scheme operated
The drug dealers offered a wide range of psychotropic and narcotic substances, including methadone, mephedrone, amphetamine, cannabis, and others. They used postal shipments or a system of so-called “drops” for delivering the ordered “goods,” which allowed them to reach a significant number of clients while remaining under the radar.
During a special police operation, operatives from the Strategic Investigations Department in Kyiv, together with investigators from the capital’s police, conducted searches at the suspects’ residences.
Seized evidence and criminal liability
“On August 26, police conducted searches at the residences of the suspects. Nearly 300 grams of the prohibited substance Alpha-PVP, electronic scales, postal packaging, communication devices, and smoking paraphernalia were seized,” the police reported.
The offenders have been detained and taken into custody. All members of the group have been charged under part 3 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which provides for liability for the illegal production, manufacture, acquisition, storage, transportation, shipment, or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, or their analogs. Under this article, the suspects face imprisonment for a term of nine to twelve years with confiscation of property.