Police in Kirovohrad Oblast detained a 31-year-old local resident of Novoukrainskyi Raion at his home and notified him of suspicion.[1]
The account came from the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kirovohrad Oblast.[1]
During the search, detectives found and seized 500 grams of cannabis, which the man was keeping for further sale.[1] Afisha Kropyvnytskyi reported that officers from the criminal police sector together with investigators of police department No. 2 in Dobrovelychkivka, under the procedural guidance of the district prosecutor’s office, searched the man’s home.[2] Afisha Kropyvnytskyi put the seized amount at half a kilogram of cannabis.[2]
Investigators notified him of suspicion under part 2 of article 307 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code, covering unlawful storage or sale of narcotic drugs.[1] He was detained under article 208 of Ukraine’s Criminal Procedure Code.[2] That part of the article carries 6 to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property, and the pretrial investigation continues.[2]
Zlatopil named the officers as detectives and investigators of the Novoukrainskyi district police department, based in the village of Dobrovelychkivka.[3]
