Lviv police burns one ton of heroin seized from traffickers
Source: Lviv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office
Ukraine’s police said on Wednesday they have seized and later burned what can be called a record haul of heroin, according to Lviv Prosecutor’s Office and Ukraine’s security service.
The drug bust saw the heroin worth ₴2.3 billion seized in Lviv as this western Ukrainian city that was supposed to be a smuggling transit point on the drugs’ way into Europe.
Investigation found that the drugs had been sent to a seaport in Odesa hidden in bags of rice.
Ukrainian police arrested four Turkish nationals who are now facing smuggling charges under art.305, 307 of Ukraine’s the Criminal Code.
On October 6, the Administrative Cassation Court within the Supreme Court of Ukraine continued hearing case No. 990/80/25, in which the fifth President and leader of the party “European Solidarity”, Petro Poroshenko, seeks to have Presidential Decree No. 81/2025 from February 12, 2025 — enacting sanctions by the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) — declared illegal and annulled. The plaintiff claims the document was falsified and that the sanctions are a tool of political persecution of the opposition, contrary to international norms. Government representatives deny the allegations and insist their actions were lawful. Journalists of Bukvy were present at the hearing.
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