An indictment has been submitted to court against a 39-year-old resident of Novyi Rozdil, who is accused of purchasing and storing narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in particularly large quantities. This was reported by the Stryi District Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the investigation, in May–July 2026 the man regularly received parcels containing prohibited substances via parcel lockers. Part of them, including over 22 g of methadone, he allegedly kept for his own use, while he intended to sell the rest.
The investigation established that one of the parcels contained three separately packaged batches of psychotropic substances with a total weight of 316 g. Experts found in these samples 200 g of PVP, 105 g of amphetamine and 11 g of ecstasy, which, according to the prosecution, the man stored at home with the intention of further sale.
Later he received another parcel, during the inspection of which substances containing 424 g of PVP and 57 g of clephedrone were discovered. During an urgent search at the defendant’s place of residence, law enforcement officers seized over 444 g of psychotropics which, according to expert findings, in terms of pure substance contained over 227 g of PVP and over 40 g of clephedrone. They also seized 65 separately packaged wraps and a zip-lock bag with PVP with a total weight of almost 100 g.
The man is charged with the illegal purchase and storage of narcotic drugs and particularly dangerous psychotropic substances, both with intent to sell and without such intent, committed repeatedly, in particularly large quantities, by prior conspiracy by a group of persons (Part 3 of Article 307, Part 3 of Article 309 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The pre-trial investigation was conducted by the Investigation Department of Police Station No. 2 of the Stryi District Police Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Lviv Region.
Pursuant to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and may not be subjected to criminal punishment until his or her guilt has been proven in the manner prescribed by law and established by a guilty verdict of a court.