Detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Kyiv region continue to investigate the case of illegal sale of tobacco products via the telegram channel.

Detectives found counterfeit e-cigarettes worth another UAH 2.5 million in the apartment of the organiser of the scheme, who hit a employee of the ESBU with his car during the investigation.

At the same time, several thousand counterfeit tobacco products were found in the apartment where his close relative lived.

In total the searches resulted in the seizure of over 9,000 e-cigarettes, 2,000 containers with e-liquids over 1,500 refills and 500 packs of hookah tobacco.

The total estimated value of the seized counterfeit products is almost UAH 7 million.

Recently detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Kyiv region exposed a local resident who was selling counterfeit tobacco products via messenger. Within the framework of the criminal proceedings, the employees of the ESBU searched a retail outlet in Kyiv region and a warehouse in Kyiv, where the excisable products were stored. During the search the organiser of the scheme hit a employee of the ESBU with his car and resisted.

The investigation is ongoing. Prosecutors of the Kyiv Region Prosecutor's Office are in charge of the case.