“A large-scale arms and drug sales channel has been exposed in Ukraine. As part of the case, 116 people were suspected. This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office. According to the investigation, during 2024, the suspects used Telegram to sell narcotics and psychotropic substances through “bookmarks” and the postal service, including in the frontline regions. 11 suspects are accused of selling drugs as part of a criminal enterprise”, — write on: ua.news
A large-scale arms and drug sales channel has been exposed in Ukraine. As part of the case, 116 people were suspected.
This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
According to the investigation, during 2024, the suspects used Telegram to sell narcotics and psychotropic substances through “bookmarks” and the postal service, including in the frontline regions. 11 suspects are accused of selling drugs as part of a criminal organization.
As part of the investigation, law enforcement officers conducted more than 129 searches, as a result of which weapons and ammunition were seized. These are 12 mortar and anti-tank mines, 187 grenade launchers and almost 180 shots to them, more than 85 machine guns and machine guns, 20 units of home-made firearms, 124 detonators, 124 TNT bombs, more than 170 grenades, 45 pistols, almost 38 thousand cartridges, 15 kg gunpowder and artillery shells.
Also, more than 69 searches were conducted in several regions of Ukraine, as a result of which psychotropic substances worth more than UAH 15.5 million were discovered and seized – this is 15 kg of amphetamine, more than 7 thousand MDMA tablets weighing about 3 kg, almost 1 kg of cannabis, more than 80 grams a particularly dangerous psychotropic substance – PVP, cannabis, as well as UAH 100,000, mobile phones, SIM cards, bank cards, scales and draft records.
Earlier, during the search of the suspect’s house, the police seized almost 100 kg of cannabis, more than 200 cannabis plants, grenades with fuses, and cartridges. The value of seized narcotics at black market prices is almost 25 million hryvnias.
The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police neutralized a drug syndicate that was involved in the production and sale of bulk batches of hard drugs and psychotropic substances.
Earlier we wrote that more than 1 ton of contraband heroin was destroyed in Ukraine.
We will also remind you that in the Black Sea port of Burgas, Bulgarian customs officers seized about 436 kilograms of heroin.
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