In Lviv, law enforcement officers have detained a woman suspected of selling methadone to people with drug addiction. According to the investigation, she stored the narcotic substance at her place of residence and handed it over “from hand to hand”.
The illegal activity was uncovered by investigators from the department for the investigation of particularly serious crimes of the investigative directorate of the Lviv Region Police, together with operatives of the Office of the Security Service of Ukraine in Lviv Region, under the procedural guidance of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
Law enforcement officers documented several episodes during which the suspect received more than 20 thousand hryvnias from “clients” for the methadone she sold. During authorised searches, electronic scales, packaging materials and other physical evidence were seized from her and sent for expert examination.
The woman was detained in Lviv under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. She has been notified of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – illegal sale of narcotic substances. The sanction of this article provides for a penalty of imprisonment for a term of six to ten years with confiscation of property.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.