A young resident of Mukachevo was heading a criminal group

On November 29, officers of the Criminal Investigation Department of Transcarpathian regional police, under the procedural control of the Transcarpathian Prosecutor’s Office, detained two residents of Mukachevo aged 20 and 19. During the searches, they seized from the detainees  narcotics and cash.
As a result, the police exposed an organized crime group consisting of five residents of the city of Mukachevo who were dealing in narcotics and psychotropic substances (including methamphetamine and marijuana) in the territory of Mukachevo and Mukachevo district. 
The leader of this criminal group is a 27-year-old resident of Mukachevo. He has a previous criminal record for drug possession. The group also included four residents of Mukachevo between the ages of 19-23. 
During the searches, the police seized from the members of this criminal group drugs, electronic scales, cash, cars and more. All the seized items were sent for examination. The cars were taken to the police impound lot. The members of a criminal group were detained in accordance with the Article 208 of the CPC of Ukraine and placed in a temporary detention center.
The communication department of Transcarpathian reginal police reported that on December 2, the court imposed on the three suspects a pre-trial restraint in the form of detention with the possibility of bail – from 160 to 480 thousand hryvnias.
The pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings initiated under Part 2 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Illegal production and sale of narcotic drugs committed by a group of persons) continues. The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment for a term of 5 to 10 years with confiscation of property.