Detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Odesa region sent an indictment to the court against an organized group of persons for the storage and sale of illegally manufactured tobacco products.

The investigation established that the 27-year-old organizer of the criminal group rented premises in Odesa and stored tobacco and manufactured counterfeit products. He supplied raw materials received proceeds from sales to his own bank account and distributed the profit. The other two members of the group looked for customers and communicated with them packed and shipped the finished products. In the future, tobacco products were sold on two websites. Orders were sent by post all over Ukraine.

According to the results of searches in the apartment of one of the suspects the detectives of the Territorial Department seized more than UAH 160,000 in cash almost a ton of tobacco in bags, cigarette cases and machines for stuffing cigarettes, bottles with flavorings, mobile phones and computer equipment. The value of seized goods is about UAH 1.4 million. The property has been seized.

Currently the organizer and two members of the organized criminal group have been notified of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense under Part 3 of Art. 28, Part 1 of Art. 204 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The indictment was sent to the court.

The pre-trial investigation was carried out by detectives of TD of the ESBU in Odesa region under the procedural guidance of the Odesa regional prosecutor's office.