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Court handed down a verdict against the organizer of illegal hookah tobacco distribution in Odesa region
An Odesa court found guilty a woman who sold illegally manufactured hookah tobacco, electronic cigarettes, and e-liquids in the Odesa region.
Investigators established that the suspect was not registered as an entrepreneur and did not hold the necessary licenses. Nevertheless, she purchased and sold excise goods for cash without excise tax stamps.
The goods came from an illegal workshop that operated in central Odesa. In an abandoned premises the perpetrators manufactured and packaged hookah tobacco on an industrial scale. To conceal their activity, they posed as volunteers, and the products were delivered by a specially equipped vehicle to retail outlets in the city and region.
One of those outlets operated on the ground floor of an apartment building in the village of Lymanka, Odesa district. There the suspect sold illegal goods, knowing they were produced without the proper permits and in unsanitary conditions.
During investigative actions, detectives seized hundreds of units of non-excise-stamped products — hookah tobacco of various brands, electronic smoking devices, and e-liquids. The illegal outlet was shut down.
The court found the woman guilty under part 1 of article 204 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced her to a fine with confiscation and destruction of the illegally manufactured excise goods. Materials concerning other participants who organized the illegal production have already been sent to court.
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