In Lviv, police arrested a 44-year-old man suspected of drug distribution.
It has been established that a Lviv resident organized a supply scheme and distributed narcotics and psychotropic substances to the city’s residents, selling them “hand to hand” and through “stash drops.” For his actions, he faces a sentence of up to ten years in prison with property confiscation.
The criminal was exposed by operatives from the Narcotics Crime Combat Department in cooperation with investigators from the Special Serious Crimes Investigation Department and employees of the Canine Center of Lviv Region Police, under the procedural guidance of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office. The arrest was supported by special police forces of the Lviv region.
Law enforcement documented instances of the suspect’s illegal activities and on May 30 detained him in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine in Lviv. During a sanctioned search at the suspect’s residence, police discovered and seized a significant amount of narcotic and psychotropic substances, including zip-lock bags and bundles with substances resembling “cannabis” and “amphetamine,” drug tablets, “LSD” stamps, as well as packaging tools, electronic scales, communication devices, and other evidence of his involvement in criminal actions.
All seized items were sent for analysis to the Lviv Research Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The value of the confiscated illegal substances on the black market is approximately 80 thousand hryvnias.
The suspect has been notified of charges under Part 2 of Article 307 (Illegal production, manufacture, acquisition, storage, transportation, transfer, or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, or their analogues) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The maximum penalty provided by the article’s sanction is up to ten years in prison with property confiscation.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, and the court has imposed custody as a preventive measure on the suspect.
National Police of Ukraine Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.