Detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Odesa region referred a criminal case to the court on the fact of storage and sale of illegally manufactured tobacco products. The man organized the activities of the MAF network for the sale of cigarettes.

The investigation established a 55-year-old man from Odesa who sold illegally manufactured cigarettes during 2023. The defendant rented a warehouse to store the goods. He sold counterfeit goods in 8 MAFs and at local spontaneous markets, for which he hired salesmen.

As a result of 10 searches conducted in a non-residential premise where counterfeit tobacco products were stored, and in MAFs, more than 100,000 packs of cigarettes of well-known brands without excise tax stamps were seized.

Seized property has been seized its estimated value is UAH 11.3 million.

The figure was notified of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense, provided for in Part 1 of Art. 204 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal manufacture, storage, sale or transportation for the purpose of sale of excise goods).

The pre-trial investigation was carried out by detectives of the Territorial Department of the Security Intelligence Service in the Odesa region under the operational support of the Strategic Investigations Department in the Odesa region of the National Police of Ukraine.

Procedural management - Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.