A kilogram of cocaine worth $100,000: Kiev operatives detained a drug dealer
After conducting a special operation, law enforcement officers documented transportation for the purpose of selling a particularly large batch of drugs. Supplier — previously convicted of crimes against property, drug crimes and illegal trafficking of weapons.
“In the course of checking and further documenting the fact of sale of a narcotic substance, we exposed a supplier of cocaine in Kyiv during the next transportation of the “goods”. This is a native of Mukachevo, previously convicted of crimes against property, in the field of illegal trafficking of drugs and weapons. During an urgent search of the Audi car in which the drug dealer was traveling, investigators with the involvement of the canine service found and seized a package of cocaine sewn into the driver's seat,” said the acting head of the department for combating drug crime in the city of Oleksandr Dr Dybov.
Thus, with the strong support of special officers of regiment No. 1, law enforcement officers detained a 52-year-old violator in accordance with Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Narcotic substances weighing about one kilogram were seized, which at “black” market prices are almost 100 thousand dollars. THE UNITED STATES.
Investigators of the Shevchenko Police Department opened criminal proceedings under Part 3 of Art. 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — illegal acquisition, storage, transportation, transfer or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues in particularly large quantities. In agreement with the prosecutor's office, the police informed the detainee of the suspicion.
“At present, we are establishing the circle of accomplices of the defendant. The drug dealer is threatened with imprisonment for a term of nine to twelve years with confiscation of property,” Oleksandr Dybov added.
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