During a special operation in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv, the Security Service of Ukraine detained three organizers of an interregional drug gang that sold large batches of cocaine in different regions of Ukraine. The law enforcement seized a batch of drugs worth almost UAH 6 m. (USD 215,000).

The pre-trial investigation showed that the participants of the drug gang had set up a smuggling channel for cocaine to the Ukrainian territory. The “stuff” from abroad was sold by dealers through personal connections, including representatives of criminal circles.

As part of the control over the commission of the crime, SBU officers documented several facts of drug sales.

During the investigation, the law enforcement officers seized almost one and a half kilos of cocaine, as well as money obtained by criminal means.

The organizers of the interregional criminal group were detained in accordance with Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. The issues of serving the suspicion notices to the perpetrators and choosing a form of detention are being settled.

The investigation upon the facts of illegal production, manufacture, purchase, storage, transportation, shipment or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues is ongoing to establish all the circumstances of the case and to prosecute other persons involved.

The operation was carried out by the SBU Main Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime together with the SBU Office in Kharkiv region under the supervision of the Kyiv Local Prosecutor's Office № 6.