In Lviv region the SBI detained the local residents, who wanted to organize a large-scale business of selling cocaine

The employees of the SBI have exposed three members of an organized criminal group from the Lviv region, who were importing large quantities of cocaine from Poland to Ukraine.

According to preliminary information, a drug dealers were acting under the cover of law enforcement officers.

From January to March 2025, the group managed to smuggle more than 1 kilogram of cocaine worth 65 thousand US dollars. The criminals have already agreed in the nearest future to transport to Ukraine three kilograms of the drug, with a total value of 260 thousand US dollars.

The operatives of the SBI detained the drug dealers while they were transferring a part of the consignment.

The law enforcement officers conducted searches at the place of living of the suspects, during which they seized cocaine, mobile phones, bank cards, a car, as well as about 400 blisters of pills containing other narcotic substances.

In total, more than 1 kilogram of a dangerous drug was seized.

The detainees were served notifications of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal sale of drugs).

The sanction of the Article provides for imprisonment for up to 12 years.

The court chose a preventive measure for detainees in the form of detention without the right to make a bail.

The investigation is ongoing. Urgent investigative actions are being carried out, a full circle of persons involved in the smuggling and sale of drugs is being established both in Ukraine and in Poland.

The procedural guidance is provided by the Specialized Prosecutor's Office in the field of defense of the Western region.