Kyiv man held over 21 amphetamine parcels; cannabis cookies found at home
Police in Kyiv detained a 38-year-old man carrying 21 postal parcels with 100 grams of amphetamine, then found about 2.5 kilograms of prohibited substances in his flat, including cannabis and cookies with cannabis extract. He was notified of suspicion under part 3 of article 307 and a court ordered him held without bail.
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Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv, Podilska District Prosecutor's Office
Police in Kyiv detained a 38-year-old city resident when he was carrying 21
parcels of amphetamine to a post office, according to investigators.[1]Police
said the parcels were addressed to recipients in different Ukrainian cities and
contained 100 grams of amphetamine in total.[1]The apartment search found
about 2.5 kilograms of prohibited substances, and police listed cannabis and
cookies containing cannabis extract among them.[2]Cocaine, amphetamine,
mephedrone, ecstasy and psilocybin mushrooms were also listed, and all the
seized material was sent for examination.[2]
The man had previously been convicted of drug offences and was detained under
article 208 of Ukraine’s Criminal Procedure Code.[2]Under the supervision of
the Podilska district prosecutor’s office, he was notified of suspicion under
part 3 of article 307 of the Criminal Code.[2]The article carries nine to 12
years in prison.[2]A court ordered him held in custody without bail for the
duration of the pre-trial investigation.[3]
During a personal search, officers found amphetamine, mephedrone and pills on
him, and the substances were packaged for sending to customers in different
regions, the prosecutor’s office said.[4]Officers also found more than 400
zip bags in his apartment, which investigators suspect were used to package
drugs for sale.[4]
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Police handout photo of packets of pills, powders, mushrooms and cannabis-extract cookies, scales and packaging equipment seized in the Kyiv case, laid out on a table. Photo: National Police of UkrainePhoto details
Стопкорstopcor.orgUKУ Києві в чоловіка вилучили близько 2,5 кг імовірних наркотиків: що знайшли під час обшуків
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No separate weight or count was published for the cannabis or the cannabis-extract cookies; the roughly 2.5 kilograms is a combined figure for all the seized substances, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
The reports give no date for the detention, the apartment search or the detention order; 11 November 2026 is the publication date of the police statement and is used as the incident date.
Police described the substances as probably cocaine, amphetamine, mephedrone, cannabis, ecstasy and psilocybin mushrooms, and the results of the forensic examination were not reported.
The man is identified only as a 38-year-old Kyiv resident; no name, plea, trial date or court outcome was reported.
All accounts reproduce the Kyiv police statement and the district prosecutor's office announcement, and no independent reporting of the case was found.
The text gives a weight ("2.5 kilograms") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Стопкор: Under article 62 of Ukraine's Constitution, he is presumed innocent until a court verdict establishes guilt.
Police in Kirovohrad Oblast searched the home of a 31-year-old man in Novoukrainskyi Raion and seized 500 grams of cannabis he was keeping for sale. He was detained and notified of suspicion under part 2 of article 307 of Ukraine's Criminal Code, which carries 6 to 10 years in prison.
Police detained three people, one a serving soldier, accused of growing cannabis in a greenhouse in Lviv Oblast, processing it and selling it in Lviv and the region, and said they seized about 15 kilograms worth some 4.5 million hryvnia on the black market. All three were notified of suspicion under Article 307 of the Criminal Code.
Police in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district detained a 41-year-old woman they saw burying drug packages in a park and seized about 230 packages of drugs, including cannabis, alpha-PVP, MDMA, mephedrone and amphetamine. A court ordered her held without bail on suspicion of selling an especially dangerous psychotropic in especially large amounts, a charge carrying up to 12 years in prison.
Police in Rivne stopped a 35-year-old man as he collected a postal delivery at a parcel locker on Viacheslava Chornovola Street on 6 November and seized about 500 grams of cannabis, valued at about 200,000 hryvnias. A pretrial investigation is under way under part 1 of article 309 of Ukraine's Criminal Code for unlawful possession of drugs.
