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In the capital, law enforcement uncovered an organized group that distributed narcotics and psychotropic substances via messengers and postal shipments. The organizer and nine of his associates have been notified of suspicion.
KV learned this from a statement by the Kyiv Police press service.
According to the press service, the organizer of the criminal group turned out to be a Kyiv resident who oversaw the operation of the drug business and was responsible for storing and distributing the drugs. He involved nine other accomplices aged from 19 to 38 years, who handled the direct sale of the “goods,” and one of the suspects was responsible for purchasing drugs from abroad.
“The perpetrators found potential ‘clients’ through specially created channels in a messenger, where they took orders and coordinated distribution details. To conceal the drugs, they hid them in boxes from headsets, kitchen appliances, and other household items. The ‘goods’ were then sent by post or handed over via taxi delivery services. During the searches, law enforcement seized 2 kg of cocaine, 3000 ecstasy pills, over 1 kg of the narcotic MDMA, as well as zip bags, digital scales, and other items used for criminal activity. At black market prices, the value of the seized items is over 1,7 million hryvnias,” the Kyiv Police noted.
Investigators detained the organizer and members of the group under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and notified them of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — illegal acquisition, storage, transportation, shipment with intent to distribute, and distribution of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in especially large amounts, committed by an organized group. For the committed offense, the perpetrators face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Earlier, KV reported that in the Dnipro district of the capital, police detained a 35-year-old Kyiv resident suspected of distributing narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Zip bags containing cannabis and amphetamine were seized from him.
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