Network of traders in potent substances* worked in the Vladimir region

The Kameshkovsky district court of the Vladimir region declared a conviction against a local resident, finding him guilty of crimes against public health and public safety.

The man acted as part of an organized criminal group engaged in the illegal sale of prohibited drugs in several regions of Russia.

In March last year, the convict received a shipment weighing almost 6 kg at the point of issue of orders. In his home, he packaged the substance into small parts and sent three parcels to direct consumers.

In June last year, the defendant delivered more than 20 kg of the substance to his household in the village of Gatiha. This party was illegally moved by accomplices across the state border of the Russian Federation with the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union.

The actions of the man are qualified under Part 3 of Article 234 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal storage, transportation and transfer for the purpose of marketing potent substances committed by an organized group on a large scale) and Part 3 of Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (smuggling of potent substances committed by an organized group).

Taking into account the severity of the crime, the man was sentenced to 8 years in a correctional colony of strict regime. The Nissan X-Trail used as a means of committing a crime has been confiscated to the state.

The sentence has not entered into force.

Illegal consumption of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues causes harm to health, their illegal trafficking is prohibited and entails liability established by law.

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