Criminal group will appear before the court for spreading criminal influence and organizing drug traffic to Lviv detention center
Among the accused are detainees of the detention center and local residents. They can face up to twelve years in prison.
The activities of the criminal group were exposed by the operatives of the department of strategic investigations in Lviv region and investigators of the regional police department in September last year. Its leader was a repeatedly convicted Lviv resident. During the investigation in the detention center, he received the status of a so-called “spy” behind one of the buildings and established drug trafficking.
Among his accomplices are detainees of the SIZO and local residents, some of whom already had problems with the law for drug crimes. For the most part, the attackers handed over “packages” during the referral of the arrested to the courts.
Yesterday, January 19, in agreement with the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office, the indictment against the organizer and seven members of the criminal group was sent to court. They are accused of committing a criminal offense provided for in Part 2 and 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.
In addition, the actions of the organizer are also qualified under Part 2 of Art. 255-1 (Establishment or dissemination of criminal influence) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. At present, all members of the organized group are in custody awaiting a court decision. For the spread of criminal influence, the current legislation provides for liability — from 9 to 15 years in prison. And for crimes related to illegal drug trafficking — from 9 to 12 years with confiscation of property.
Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police of Ukraine
