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SBU uncovered an international drug syndicate: the largest shipment of cocaine since the start of the full-scale war seized, valued at about 70 million UAH
The Security Service of Ukraine neutralized a criminal group that organized an international smuggling channel for hard drugs from southern Europe to Ukraine. The monthly “income” from the illegal business amounted to 15–20 million hryvnias.
As part of the special operation, 10 members of the drug syndicate were simultaneously detained in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Lviv regions; they were selling wholesale consignments of cocaine, ecstasy, and other psychotropic substances imported from abroad.
According to the case materials, the group's coordinator in Ukraine turned out to be a resident of the capital. He recruited “employees” on specialized forums who, for monetary compensation, carried out the distribution of drugs in various regions of Ukraine.
During the first series of searches, approximately 2 kg of cocaine and other prohibited substances were seized from the suspects. Later, the perpetrators’ stashes yielded another over 8 kg of cocaine and other potent substances. The total value of the seized items is about 70 million UAH.
Ten detainees have been formally notified of suspicion under part 3 of article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — illegal production, manufacture, acquisition, storage, transport, shipment, or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, or their analogues, committed by an organized group.
The perpetrators are in custody. They face up to 12 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property.
In addition, the involvement of three Ukrainian citizens who are on the territory of the Kingdom of Spain in organizing the said drug trafficking channel has been documented. The issue of their extradition to Ukraine is currently being resolved.
The comprehensive measures were carried out under the procedural supervision of the Dnipro District Prosecutor’s Office of the city of Kyiv.
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