In Lviv, an indictment has been submitted to court against a 28-year-old Moldovan citizen suspected of organising the sale of cannabis and so-called “salts” worth almost UAH 400,000. This was reported by the Frankivsk District Prosecutor’s Office of the city of Lviv.
According to the investigation, the foreign national, who has been living in Lviv for several years, set up a scheme to profit from the sale of prohibited substances. Via Telegram she ordered wholesale batches, received them by post, packaged them and sold them by placing “dead drops” in Lviv’s parks. Communication with buyers took place through a messenger, and payment was made to the woman’s cryptocurrency wallet.
The investigation established that the woman hid parcels containing narcotic and psychotropic substances on the territory of Snopkivskyi Park and near the Zymna Voda park in Lviv, after which she sent the coordinates to customers.
In February this year, law enforcement officers detained the suspect under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. During a search of her home, they seized almost 500 g of PVP (one large zip bag, 27 smaller ones and 6 wraps), more than 100 g of cannabis and packaging materials. According to the investigation’s estimates, the value of the seized substances on the black market is about UAH 400,000.
The woman is charged with the unlawful acquisition, storage for the purpose of sale and sale of particularly dangerous psychotropic substances in large and especially large quantities, as well as the unlawful acquisition, storage for the purpose of sale and sale of narcotic drugs and plants subject to restricted circulation, by prior conspiracy by a group of persons (Part 3 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). At the request of the prosecution, she is being held in custody without the right to bail.
The pre-trial investigation was carried out by Police Department No. 2 of Lviv District Police Department No. 2 of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Lviv Region, with operational support from the Drug Crime Counteraction Unit in Lviv Region of the Drug Crime Combating Department of the National Police of Ukraine.
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 their guilt has been proved in the manner prescribed by law and established by a guilty verdict of a court.