Based on the materials of the Territorial Department of the ESBU in Volyn region the court sentenced a resident of Lutsk who illegally bought and distributed vodka and tobacco products for three years.

During the investigation detectives documented the facts of selling counterfeit goods. The officers of the ESBU also searched the warehouses of the garage cooperative where the illegally manufactured excisable goods were stored and the cars used by the entrepreneur to transport the counterfeit.

In total more than 18 thousand packs of cigarettes and about 4 thousand liters of alcoholic beverages and alcohol were found and seized. The estimated value of the seized goods is almost UAH 2 million.

The court found the man guilty of committing criminal offenses stipulated by Part 1 Art. 204 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced him to a fine. The seized illegally manufactured vodka and tobacco products will be destroyed in accordance with the law.

The operation was conducted by prosecutors of the Volyn Region Prosecutor's Office.