Detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Odesa region exposed a group of persons who for a long time sold tobacco products without excise tax stamps and counterfeit alcohol.

Illegally produced products were sold through a network of retail outlets (trade points, markets, etc.) in the south of Odesa region.

Employees of the ESBU searched the place of residence of the suspects in Izmail district. As a result of the searches more than 7,000 packs of tobacco products without excise tax stamps and 500 liters of falsified alcoholic beverages were discovered and seized. The estimated total cost of the products is over UAH 600,000.

The pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings on the grounds of a criminal offense provided for in Part 1 of Art. 204 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is carried out by detectives of the Territorial Department of the ESBU in the Odesa region under the operational support of representatives of the 17th border detachment named after colonel Zhukovsky of the STS of Ukraine and the procedural leadership of the Odesa regional prosecutor's office.