Massive police crackdown: over 200 raids target Ukraine’s drug trafficking

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Officers of the National Police of Ukraine are conducting over 200 searches as part of a special operation aimed at dismantling drug trafficking operations in the country.

According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the National Police on Facebook.

Police are documenting large-scale production and distribution of narcotics, as well as shutting down drug laboratories and packaging warehouses. Substances involved include alpha-PVP, amphetamine, and mephedrone.

Authorities stated that further information about the operation’s results will be released in due course.

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As previously reported by Ukrinform, National Police officers detained two members of a criminal group and its organizer, who had established a cocaine smuggling route from Central America worth UAH 8 million per month.

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