Kharkiv law enforcers detained a 47-year-old local resident who was previously dismissed from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who organized a drug business at his home.

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According to the police, the detainee was a former employee of the patrol and guard service of the Kharkov police. He was dismissed from the Department of Internal Affairs in 1994, and in 1996 he was imprisoned for 2.5 years for robbery.

The attacker grew cannabis in a specially equipped drug laboratory, after which he packed and sold the finished product to his friends and drug addicts.

At the address of the defendant's residence, law enforcement officers conducted an authorized search. In addition to equipment and equipment for the production and use of drugs, more than 80 kilograms of various varieties of marijuana were found and seized from the owner of the house..

The drug dealer was detained on the basis of Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. He is preparing to be handed over suspicion under Art. 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine with the subsequent election of a preventive measure. In case of proof of guilt, this time a man can go to jail for up to 10 years.