SBI blocks channel of cocaine import to Ukraine from Ecuador: a former law enforcer was detained while selling over 3 kg of drug (VIDEO)

SBI employees with the operational assistance of the National Police's Internal Security Department stopped the functioning of a stable channel for supplying Ecuadorian cocaine to Ukraine. The SBI detained a former law enforcer on the sale of 3.3 kg of cocaine for USD 135 thousand.

It has been found that the law enforcement officer was a member of an organised criminal group that smuggled cocaine from Latin America through European countries to Ukraine. The drug was sold in different regions of Ukraine starting from 1 kg. The price per kilogram was USD 45 thousand.

In addition to the law enforcement officer, the organised criminal group included customs officials and citizens of some EU countries.

The investigation revealed that before the war, drug traffickers had imported significant quantities of the drug into Ukraine through the seaport of Odesa. The cocaine was hidden in a specially equipped cache in one of the containers. However, as a result of the full-scale invasion, this supply route was disrupted and traffickers established a new drug supply route across the land border with Poland in the Lviv region.

Urgent investigative actions are currently being conducted, including searches of possible drug storage facilities, persons involved in the crime, etc.

The pre-trial investigation under Part 3 Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is ongoing.

The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment for up to 12 years with confiscation of property.

Procedural supervision is carried out by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.