In the Lviv region, a group of individuals who had organised the production of cannabis and the sale of drugs to local residents has been exposed. According to law enforcement, the total value of the seized narcotic substance at “black market” prices is around 4.5 million hryvnias. This was reported by the Internal Security Department of the National Police of Ukraine.
According to the investigation, the perpetrators grew cannabis plants in a greenhouse on the property of one of the group members, processed them into cannabis, packed it into so-called “pucks” and sold it to drug-dependent residents of Lviv and the region.
During court-sanctioned searches at the suspects’ places of residence, conducted with the involvement of dog handlers and service dogs, police officers seized about 15 kilograms of cannabis, cash and other material evidence.
It has been established that one of the suspects is a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who, according to the investigation, fabricated a bogus medical history in order to be demobilised and at the same time was involved in the illegal drugs trade together with two accomplices.
Investigators have served the group members with notices of suspicion under Part 2 or Part 3 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine concerning the illegal production, manufacture, acquisition, storage, transportation, shipment or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues.