Detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine exposed a group of people who used the Internet to distribute tobacco products without excise stamps in all regions of Ukraine including Odesa.

Employees of the ESBU conducted 11 searches in Odesa region and seized over 52,000 packs of cigarettes without excise stamps, tobacco, electronic cigarettes without excise stamps, liquid with a characteristic smell of alcohol, hookah tobacco without excise stamps, etc.

The estimated value of the seized goods is UAH 4 million.

The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, and the necessary investigative actions are being taken to establish the full range of persons involved in the crime.

Prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office are providing procedural guidance.