As determined by the operatives of the Department for Combating Narcotic Crimes in the Lviv Region together with the investigators of the Lviv District Police Department No. 1, under the procedural guidance of the Galicia District Prosecutor’s Office, the psychotropic substances were to be obtained by the so-called “stacker” – a 28-year-old resident of Lviv, for further retail sale by carrying out ” bookmark”.
All that was seized – about 700 grams of “mephedrone” and 600 grams of “amphetamine”, the law enforcement officers sent for expert examination.
Investigators of the territorial division of the police informed the “skladmen” about the suspicion of committing a crime stipulated in part 3 of article 307 (Illegal production, manufacture, acquisition, storage, transportation, forwarding or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article envisages punishment – deprivation of liberty for a term of nine to twelve years with confiscation of property.
According to the court’s decision, the suspect is in custody without bail.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Communications Department of the Lviv Oblast Police