In the Yaroslavl region, the organizer of illegal tobacco production will appear before the court

The Prosecutor’s office of the Yaroslavl region sent to the court a criminal case on illegal production, purchase and storage of nicotine-containing raw materials for a total amount of more than 56.7 million rubles. The defendant was a 33-year-old local resident

As follows from the materials of the criminal case, the man organized the production of crushed plant raw materials for the production of cigarettes. To do this, he rented a production facility on the territory of Rostov the Great, purchased a production line for grinding tobacco leaf and tobacco vein. But he did not get a license for such equipment. In addition, he purchased 87 tons of tobacco leaf and tobacco vein with a total value of more than 56.7 million rubles. And he hired workers who were doing work but didn't know that the production they were doing was illegal.

The illegal factory shredded purchased tobacco leaf and vein from March to October 2025. The obtained raw materials for cigarettes were packaged and sold in batches of 5-10 tons.

Since the organizer of the production had previously worked on the sale of tobacco products, he had knowledge of where the product of his underground production would be in demand. The activities of illegal production were stopped by the security forces. Tobacco production was identified by operatives of the FSB and MIA.

In relation to the organizer of the tobacco factory, a criminal case was initiated under paragraph 2 of Article 171.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal production, purchase and storage of nicotine-containing raw materials for the production of tobacco products, committed on an especially large scale).

The case was fully investigated and brought to court. Products, raw materials and equipment were confiscated.