Detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Kyiv region stopped illegal activities in the sale of alcoholic beverages in Bila Tserkva district.

The investigation established that a group of people organized and illegally purchased and sold alcoholic beverages and other alcohol-containing products over the past two years. The counterfeit products which are dangerous to human life and health were purchased in large quantities in barrels. Subsequently the products were bottled and packaged in plastic containers of various volumes and sold to trusted customers.

Detectives of the ESBU conducted searches at the addresses of the warehouses and residences of the persons involved in the criminal proceedings. A total of 6.5 thousand liters of alcohol and alcohol-containing substances were seized. In addition, equipment, mobile phones, etc. were seized. The estimated value of the seized items is over UAH 1.5 million.

The investigation is ongoing detectives are establishing a full range of persons involved in illegal activities.

The pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings on the grounds of a criminal offense provided for in part 2 of art. 199 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (production, storage, acquisition, use in the sale of goods, counterfeit excise tax stamps) and part 3 of art. 204 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal manufacture, storage, sale of excise goods) is carried out by the detectives of the Territorial Department of the ESBU in Kyiv region together with the Strategic investigations department in the Kyiv region of the Department of strategic investigations of the National Police and under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the Kyiv regional Prosecutor's Office.