Police exposed an organized group whose members manufactured and supplied the psychotropic substances alpha-PVP, amphetamine, and mephedrone to all regions of the state.
According to law enforcement officials, police officers of the Department for Combating Drug Crime and investigators of the National Police, in close cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Administration of the Main Police Department in Chernihiv, Sumy, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Volyn, Mykolaiv, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv regions and the city of Kyiv, investigators of the National Police in cooperation with the Prosecutor General's Office and the SBU, with the forceful support of police special forces, detained 66 dealers led by the organizer.
The suspects created an extensive network of drug laboratories and warehouses where they manufactured, packaged, and stored prohibited substances.
Every month, the accomplices produced over 700 kg of drugs, which they supplied to "consumers" from different regions of Ukraine. At "black" market prices, this amount is estimated at over 300 million hryvnias. As a result of the investigative actions, 17 drug laboratories and 15 warehouses with psychotropic products were liquidated.
118 kg of mephedrone, 160 liters of mephedrone reaction mixtures (80 kg of mephedrone), 156 kg of alpha-PVP, over 30 kg of amphetamine, 12 tons of precursors were seized.
66 people were detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Investigative actions are ongoing.
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