Channel for importing counterfeit medicines from Russia and Belarus to Ukraine was eliminated in Volyn region

This was reported on Facebook by the Office of the Prosecutor General, Ukrinform reports.

"Under the procedural guidance of the Volyn Regional Prosecutor's Office, a channel for the illegal import of counterfeit medicines made in Russia and Belarus into Ukraine was eliminated," the post reads.

According to the investigation, the scheme of importing counterfeit drugs through Poland and further sale was set up by a Volyn resident and his accomplices. The counterfeit medicines were sold through online stores, social networks and messenger channels.

During the court-sanctioned searches of the suspects' places of storage and residences, law enforcement officers seized Russian and Belarusian medicines, cash in various currencies equivalent to over UAH 2 million, draft records, and consignment notes for postal shipments of medicines.

The investigative actions were conducted within the framework of criminal proceedings on the fact of purchase, transportation, shipment, storage with intent to sell and sale of counterfeit medicines (Part 1 of Article 321-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

As Ukrinform previously reported, law enforcement officers exposed a network of underground cigarette factories in Kyiv and Mykolaiv regions.

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