In Minsk condemned two friends who sold unregistered medical products

Two residents of Minsk district, 36 and 42 years old, who were accused of importing into the Republic of Belarus, of storing for the purpose of selling and selling unregistered medical devices, the prosecutor's office of the Zavodsky district told the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency.

At the beginning of 2026, law enforcement officers stopped the illegal activities of two friends who organized the import and sale of continuous glucose monitoring systems into our country.

During the preliminary investigation, it was established that the medical devices imported by the accused from the Russian Federation were not registered in the territory of the Republic of Belarus, that is, their compliance with safety, efficiency and quality requirements was not confirmed, in connection with which their implementation was prohibited. The defendants also sold these medical devices, placing ads on a well-known marketplace on the Internet and in thematic groups of various messengers.

A criminal case was opened against the residents of Minsk district. Guilt in the incriminated crime they fully admitted.

The eldest of the accused is a director of a private company, he has a higher education. He had previously had problems with the law. He is divorced, there is a minor child, said Svetlana Zuevskaya, senior assistant to the prosecutor’s office of the Zavodsk district. The second defendant is married, has two dependent children, has not previously been convicted, works as a driver. The court found them guilty of committing a crime under Part 2 of Art. 338-2 of the Criminal Code (“Manufacturing, importing into the Republic of Belarus, storing or selling falsified, low-quality, unregistered medicines and (or) medical devices”), and sentenced each person to correctional labor for a period of 1 year 6 months with retention of 20% of earnings, but not less than 1 base value monthly.

In accordance with Part 1 of Art. 46-1 of the Criminal Code, 13 boxes of continuous glucose monitoring systems and two mobile phones belonging to the accused were gratuitously seized from the state.