The National Police of Ukraine has dismantled a criminal group involved in supplying drugs to the Kyiv detention center. In addition to the detention center, the drug dealers were selling drugs throughout the capital via stash spots. Monthly profits from their drug operations reached half a million hryvnias. A portion of the proceeds from drug sales in Kyiv was sent to the so-called «common fund», whose keeper is in detention. Members of this group also prepared and sent packages containing drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol to the «watchers» in the detention center, referred to as the «grev». Law enforcement agencies have notified the organizers and members of the group of suspicions under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. 
All suspects are residents of Kyiv and the surrounding areas, aged between 30 and 49. The group «specialized» in supplying drugs to the Kyiv detention center. The organizer established a drug laboratory for producing amphetamines, located in the apartment of a so-called «chef».
Amphetamines were disguised in food products or household items and delivered to the detention center. The majority of drugs were supplied to the detention center, while the remainder was sold in Kyiv through stash spots. A certain percentage of the sales was also sent to the so-called «common fund».
Moreover, the dealers prepared packages for the «watchers» in the facility, including packs of cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, and other items. The prepared packages were stored in the garage of one of the suspects.

Overall, the members of the group «earned» up to 500,000 hryvnias per month from amphetamine sales.

To neutralize the group’s activities, operatives from the Strategic Investigations Department of the Kyiv city police and investigators from the Main Investigation Department conducted a series of operational measures. As a result, one member of the group was detained in the course of the investigation. In total, four individuals received suspicions – the organizer and his accomplices. Depending on their roles and involvement, they are charged with: - part 3 of article 307 (Illegal production, manufacturing, acquisition, storage, transportation, shipment or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogs), - part 2 of article 311 (Illegal production, manufacturing, acquisition, storage, transportation or shipment of precursors) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Additionally, during the searches, police seized amphetamines, cannabis, packages for the «watchers», money, laboratory equipment, and components for producing amphetamines.

The investigation continues under the procedural supervision of the Kyiv city prosecutor's office. The maximum penalty for the charges could be up to 12 years of imprisonment with property confiscation.