CrimeaPRESS reports:
The police department in Alushta received information that unidentified persons may be distributing prohibited substances in a secret way.
As a result of joint operational-search activities, employees of the department for control of illegal drug trafficking and criminal investigation of the Department of Internal Affairs of Russia in the city of Alushta drew attention to two girls who, according to external signs, were in a state of drug intoxication. The suspects turned out to be a 22-year-old resident of Krasnoperekopsk and a 25-year-old native of Sudak, who had not previously been prosecuted. The girls were taken to the city police department. During a personal search, police found 23 packages with a white powdery substance in the suspects’ pockets, packed in zip bags and duct tape. The examination confirmed that the seized substance weighing about 20 grams contains mephedrone (4-methylmethcation) and is a narcotic drug— reported the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Crimea.
The suspects confessed to employees of the Department of Internal Affairs of Russia in the city of Alushta, confirmed that they had used drugs, and also reported that they intended to sell the packages seized from them using a cache and stash method. During the operational activities, the police managed to identify another person involved — a 20-year-old resident of Krasnoperekopsk who had not previously been convicted, who offered her acquaintances cooperation in the distribution of synthetic drugs. The girls lived together in one of the hotels in the city of Alushta and worked in a restaurant operating at this hotel.
During an authorized search of the living quarters of the three defendants in the case, police seized scales, packaging materials, bank cards and mobile phones.
An investigator of the Department of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Alushta opened a criminal case on this fact on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 30, part 4 art. 228.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted illegal production, sale or shipment of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues, as well as illegal sale or shipment of plants containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, or their parts containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances). The sanction of the article provides for a maximum penalty of up to 20 years in prison.
A preventive measure in the form of a recognizance not to leave the place was chosen against the suspects.
In relation to a 20-year-old resident of the city of Krasnoperekopsk, the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the city of Alushta opened a criminal case on the fact of committing financial transactions with funds acquired by a person as a result of committing a crime in order to give legal form to the possession, use and disposal of these funds (h .1 Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
Police officers appeal to concerned citizens: if you have information about individuals who may be distributing, consuming prohibited substances, or other cases of drug trafficking, please report these facts to a single phone number 102, anonymity is guaranteed. Protect yourself and your loved ones from the deadly threat!
source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea
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