Kyiv prosecutors have sent an indictment to court in the case of the production and sale of amphetamine in Kyiv and the Kyiv region. Twelve defendants will be on trial, including a police officer.
This was reported on April 24 by the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office.
According to the investigation, the suspects equipped drug laboratories in apartments and garages in the Desnyansky and Svyatoshynsky districts of the capital, as well as in a private house in the Kyiv region. The laboratories' capacities allowed them to produce about 10 kilograms of psychotropic drugs per month, which brought in a profit of about 3 million hryvnias.
Accessories for the manufacture of narcotic substances. Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office/Telegram
According to the investigation, they worked from June 2024 to April 2025. In April last year, law enforcement officers detained 9 active members of the group and informed them of their suspicions. In early January of this year, law enforcement officers exposed three more accomplices who were suspected of involvement in the functioning of the criminal organization.
“Among its participants was a police officer who, using official information, warned accomplices about possible investigative actions and passed on passwords used during curfew,” the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
It is noted that during the searches, law enforcement officers seized more than 300 grams of amphetamine, about 3 kilograms of the precursor phenylnitropropene, as well as ammunition.
The accused are incriminated by articles Part 1 of Article 255, Part 2 of Article 255, Part 4 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 317, Part 4 of Article 28, Part 3 of Article 307, Part 4 of Article 28, Part 3 of Article 311, Part 1 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on the creation, management and participation in a criminal organization, illegal production and sale of psychotropic substances and precursors, as well as illegal handling of ammunition. They face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.