A resident of the capital wanted to earn quickly - now he can face up to 20 years in prison

A criminal case was sent to the court against a 33-year-old previously unconvicted resident of the capital, who is accused of illegal trafficking in prohibited substances in a large scale as part of an organized group, the Partizan district prosecutor’s office told the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti news agency.

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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 a master treasure with hashish mass of 298.55 g in Vitebsk district.

A criminal case was opened against the detainee. It is known that he sometimes used psychoactive substances.

- The accused is married, dependent has minor children, has not previously been brought to criminal responsibility, said Timur Stuzhuk, deputy prosecutor of the Partizan district. He was charged with illegal acquisition, storage and transportation of especially dangerous psychotropic substances and narcotic drugs on a large scale as part of an organized group, that is, committing a crime under Part 4 of Art. 328 of the Criminal Code, the sanction of which is imprisonment for a term of 8 to 20 years with or without a fine. The citizen confessed his guilt, repented of what he had done.

A preventive measure of detention has been applied against the accused.