Detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Chernivtsi region have completed a pre-trial investigation into the fact of illegal trade in tobacco products. The court sentenced the accused to a fine. Seized counterfeit products will be destroyed.

The investigation established that from March to October 2023, the resident of Bukovina illegally bought falsified alcohol and tobacco products over the Internet for their further resale. At the same time he did not have a license to trade in excise goods and the products themselves, according to the results of examinations did not meet the requirements of the State Standards of Ukraine.

The goods were stored and sold in a rented garage. During the investigation the detectives of the Territorial Department seized almost 50,000 packs of cigarettes worth more than 3.4 million hryvnias, about 500 liters of alcohol and alcoholic products worth more than a quarter of a million hryvnias.

Currently the person involved in the criminal proceedings has been sentenced under Part 1 of Art. 204 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Prosecutors of the Chernivtsi Regional Prosecutor's Office carried out procedural management.