44-year-old held in Brovarshchyna with 600 g of cannabis sent by post
Police in Brovarskyi district, Kyiv Oblast, exposed a 44-year-old man who sold cannabis by post. Officers seized 113 zip packets and a cardboard box, totalling about 600 grams of cannabis, plus a phone and scales. He was detained, charged under Article 307 and faces up to 10 years in prison.
🇺🇦 Brovarskyi district, Kyiv Oblast · Ukraine
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Arrested
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Cannabis
600 g
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Головне управління Національної поліції в Київській області, Броварська окружна прокуратура
Police in Brovarskyi district, Kyiv Oblast, exposed a 44-year-old local man
suspected of selling cannabis through postal offices.[1]According to the
investigation, the man had established the distribution of prohibited substances
in the region.[1]He sent the ‘orders’ to clients by post through one of the postal offices in the capital region.[1]
During authorized searches at the man’s residence, police found 113 zip packets
of narcotic substance and a cardboard box of ‘goods’.[1]Experts were to confirm the composition of the seized material.[1]The total weight of
the seized cannabis, which the man stored for further sale, was about 600 grams.[1][2]Police also took the man’s mobile phone and electronic scales, which he
used for packaging the goods.[3]
The man was detained in procedural order.[1]Investigators, under the process
supervision of the Brovarskyi District Prosecutor’s Office, notified him of
suspicion under parts 1 and 2 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.[1]The drug dealer was detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure
Code of Ukraine and placed in a pretrial detention facility.[4]In court, a
preventive measure of custody was chosen for the suspect.[4]
The sanction of the article provides for a severe punishment of up to 10 years
in prison with confiscation of property.[2]The pretrial investigation is
ongoing, and law-enforcement officers are identifying possible accomplices of
the detained man.[2]
Photos and video
Police handout photo of the seized narcotic substances, published with the Kyiv Oblast police statement. Photo: Kyiv Oblast National PolicePhoto details
The accounts give no separate date for the searches, seizure or detention; 12 November 2026 is the date of the police statement and of the two corroborating outlet articles, and is used as the incident date.
The 600 grams is described as an approximate total, not an exact measured weight; the forensic examination of the seized material had not yet been completed when the reports were published.
The suspect's name was not published; only his age (44) and place of residence (Brovarskyi district) were given.
No court outcome was reported; the pretrial investigation was ongoing and police were identifying possible accomplices.
All the outlet accounts reproduce the same Kyiv Oblast police statement, so they are not independent reporting of the arrest. The police handout photos were published on the police's own page.
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