Together with the citizens, patrol policemen found a point of sale in Kharkov with non-tobacco tobacco products. On the eve of about 4 pm, activists of one of the public organizations with information about illegal sale of tobacco products addressed patrolmen. The trade went to Gagarin Avenue, 177.

"Upon arriving at the scene, the citizens reported that they had made a control purchase of non-exempt tobacco products and indicated the place of illegal trade. Having checked the documents from the seller for the sale of tobacco products, the police found 251 packs of cigarettes without excise duty stamps. On this fact the patrolmen called in the investigative-operational group. To further clarify the circumstances, the police seized an excisable goods, "the Kharkiv patrol police.