In Minsk for the distribution of prohibited substances convicted the Director of the company
Sentenced 33-year-old previously unconvicted resident of the capital, who was accused of illegal for the purpose of selling goods.
A 33-year-old previously unconvicted resident of the capital, who was accused of illegal trafficking in prohibited substances in a large scale, as part of an organized group, was sentenced, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency was told in the Partizan district prosecutor's office.
The accused, wanting to make quick money, in May 2026 got a job as a mortgagee in a drug shop. On behalf of the curator, he took large batches of prohibited substances, packaged them into smaller ones and laid them out in hiding.
Less than a month has passed since the attacker was detained by drug control officers. From the cache near the Moscow Ring Road, operatives seized a bundle with a prohibited substance weighing 1.25 g, which contained a particularly dangerous psychotropic - hexahydrocannabinol. Also, a resident of the capital had to pick up in Vitebsk district a master treasure with hashish weighing 298.55 g, which was also seized by police officers.
A criminal case was opened against the detainee. It is known that he sometimes used psychoactive substances. The citizen fully admitted guilt in the incriminated crime, repented of what he had done.
- The accused is a director of a private company, is married, has two minor children dependent on him, has not previously been brought to criminal responsibility, Elena Ponomareva, senior assistant prosecutor of the Partizan district, commented. The court found him guilty of illegal acquisition, storage and transportation of especially dangerous psychotropic substances and narcotic drugs on a large scale, as part of an organized group, and on the basis of Part 4 of Art. 328 of the Criminal Code imposed a sentence of eight years of imprisonment, which the accused will spend in a penal colony under enhanced regime, with a fine of 200 basic units (9 thousand BYN). In accordance with Part 1 of Art. 46-1 of the Criminal Code, his mobile phone will be subjected to special confiscation.
