Patrol officers stopped a Subaru Forester on a Kyiv street during curfew for a check.[1] During the check officers found the 33-year-old passenger with suspicious packages in her bag and called the Holosiivskyi investigative team to the scene.[1] Officers seized 11 postal parcels from the woman, with numerous packets of powdery and crystalline substances and plant-origin material hidden among clothing inside them.[1]

Forensic examination confirmed the seized items included the especially dangerous psychotropic PVP, amphetamine and cannabis, which investigators say she stored for further sale.[2] Investigators detained her under Article 208 of Ukraine’s Criminal Procedure Code and, under Holosiivskyi district prosecutors, notified her of suspicion under Article 307 Part 3 for obtaining, storing and transporting an especially dangerous psychotropic in an especially large amount for sale and a narcotic drug for sale.[1] At the investigators’ request, a court ordered custody as the preventive measure.[1] The pretrial investigation is now complete and the indictment has been sent to court, which will decide guilt.[3] If convicted, she faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.[2]