Kharkov University, where the military elite is trained, fell into the epicenter of a drug-scandal. The police exposed a network of drug traffickers who sold methamphetamine to future tank officers.

In fact, the drugstore in the military institute worked as much as 2 years.

And organized by her 23-year-old cadet, who studied at a mechanical engineer. It is known that the guy - a contractor, originally from the Kiev region.

As far as I know, he tried to resell these drugs to some civilians. He was detained in the territory of the military town. At this time, he was officially in the excitement until the morning, "said the deputy head of the Military Institute of Tank Forces Alexander Senjke.

Drugs were sold at the university itself, and among its clients, the police say, there were about a dozen cadets.

As part of the pre-trial investigation during a series of authorized searches, one of the servicemen seized narcotic drugs and equipment adapted to the use of psychotropic substances. Also, rough records were identified with regard to acquired and marketed drugs, - commented. chief of the special police department of the State Unitary Enterprise of the State Unitary Enterprise in the Kharkiv region Yuri Butko.

The leadership of the institute, meanwhile, diligently convinces - even if the day and the detainee in general would not be their cadet. They assured that on May 22 they received permission to expel this serviceman from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but at about 7:

00 pm he was already detained.

Investigative actions are still ongoing, but within the framework of open criminal proceedings, a drug trafficker faces up to ten years of imprisonment, Telekanal 24 notes..

Recall, this is not the first high-profile drug scandal with military universities in Kharkov.

In November 2017, a cadet of the Kharkov University of Air Forces was detained for selling cadets to drugs:.

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