17 members of the criminal organization, including their leader, were detained. The defendants face up to 12 years in prison.
Law enforcement officials neutralized the group White brotherhood, which sells drugs in the Dnepropetrovsk region with an annual income of 50 million UAH. The National Police reported it on January 25.
It was noted that the criminal organization received monthly about 10 kg of “master treasures” with prohibited substances, in which amphetamine, PVP salts and methadone were packaged and distributed.
The criminals also planted cannabis in their own plots for sale and set up a laboratory for the production of psychotropics.
It was reported that drug trafficking was founded by a 44-year-old crime boss in a criminal group. White brotherhoodthe main part of which was liquidated by the police in 2018. He was with 16 people in his criminal plan in Nikopol and Pokrovsk, Dnepropetrovsk region.
Drug traffickers constantly change addresses on drug packaging, SIM cards and bank accounts where funds received from the “business” are transferred.
480 policemen were brought in to destroy the drug syndicate. Law enforcement officers conducted 70 searches and, among other things, seized nearly 10 kg of cannabis, more than two kg of synthetic drugs, a tank and light machine gun, four grenade launchers, six pistol, three drones and more than two million hryvnias in different currencies.
17 members of the criminal organization, including their leader, were detained. Two co-organizers and participants have already been notified of the suspicion and the chosen preventive measure – detention without bail. The defendants face up to 12 years in prison.
We remind you that the Security Service, together with the National Police, eliminated another international channel for the sale of hard drugs and psychotropics to EU countries.
It was also reported that the international channel for the supply of cocaine to Kyiv was blocked.
Source: korrespondent
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