Police detained the organizer and participants of the drug group in the Carpathian region
The offenders have established the distribution of drugs and psychotropics throughout the state. They accepted orders through their own virtual drug store, and sold them through bookmarks and mailings. Every month, the “business” brought the group up to a million hryvnias of profit, which was distributed among all participants.
Operatives of the Lviv Drug Crime Control Department together with regional police investigators and employees of the Ivano-Frankivsk Department of the SBU documented the activities of an organized criminal group that sold drugs and psychotropics through the Internet.
The group operated on the territory of Ivano-Frankivsk region. The activity of the group was organized by a 47-year-old resident of the village of Verkhovyna. Among his accomplices are his son and three other men. Each of them was responsible for his direction of the “work” of the administration of the drug store, the supply of the “product”, its distribution and shipment.
In order to establish a sales network and create a so-called customer base, the leader created a virtual store with a wide selection of “goods” through which they accepted “orders”. To hide criminal activity, they used a contactless distribution method — “bookmarks” and postal items under different profile data. Funds were received on e-wallets and card accounts.
Every month, the “business” brought the group up to a million hryvnias of profit, which was distributed among all participants.
Yesterday, October 25, law enforcement officers with the strong support of soldiers of the special unit KORD and “Alpha” conducted 11 sanctioned searches of the places of residence and in the vehicles of the defendants. In total, more than 3 kg of amphetamine, more than 2 kg of cannabis, “Alpha PVP”, MDMA and hashish were seized.
In addition, cabinets that are specially equipped for growing cannabis plants, smoking devices, computer equipment, “rough” records, bank cards, packaging materials and money in national and foreign currency have been seized.
The cost of seized substances at “black market” prices reaches more than two million hryvnias.
The three men were detained under the order of Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. They have already been informed of the suspicion of committing the crime provided for in 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.
After carrying out the necessary procedural actions, the issue of notifying two more members of the group about the suspicion will be resolved.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, the procedural management is carried out by the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
For the crime, the defendants face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Department for Combating Drug Crimes of the National Police of Ukraine
