The police in Kyiv have apprehended six individuals linked to an interregional drug trafficking organization, seizing illegal substances valued at four million hryvnias. This operation was conducted by the Shevchenkivskyi Police Department in collaboration with criminal analysis experts under the supervision of the local prosecutor's office.
According to the head of the Shevchenkivskyi Police Department, Ihor Padiuk, the organizer of the drug operation was a 33-year-old resident of Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region, who recruited five accomplices from Kamianske and the capital:
“In Dnipropetrovsk, three drug dealers rented a private house where they packaged psychotropic substances and distributed them across Ukraine. Meanwhile, three of their associates in Kyiv set up a drug storage facility in an apartment, also packaging and then dispatching large quantities to various regions. They found clients through a closed Telegram channel.”
As a result of simultaneous searches conducted with support from special police units and canine handlers, authorities discovered and seized approximately 8 kg of alpha-PVP, 9 kg of cannabis, over 1 kg of amphetamine, and more than 2500 MDMA pills. The estimated value of the seized goods on the black market is four million hryvnias.
The suspects were detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
Investigators have charged the six members of the group under part 3 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - illegal production, manufacture, acquisition, storage, transportation, mailing, or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, or their analogs in especially large amounts, which could lead to a penalty of up to twelve years in prison with asset confiscation.