{"id":1400097,"date":"2026-06-01T16:11:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/he-hid-cocaine-in-a-gift-soap-a-man-in-kyiv-was-convicted-of-selling-drugs-through-taxi-services\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:11:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:11:41","slug":"he-hid-cocaine-in-a-gift-soap-a-man-in-kyiv-was-convicted-of-selling-drugs-through-taxi-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/he-hid-cocaine-in-a-gift-soap-a-man-in-kyiv-was-convicted-of-selling-drugs-through-taxi-services\/","title":{"rendered":"He hid cocaine in a gift soap: a man in Kyiv was convicted of selling drugs through taxi services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A court in Kyiv found a 43-year-old man guilty of illegal acquisition, possession for the purpose of sale, and sale of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. He was sentenced to 6 years in prison with confiscation of property.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/kyiv.gp.gov.ua\/ua\/news.html?_m=publications&#038;_c=view&#038;_t=rec&#038;id=421798\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was reported by<\/a> the Kyiv City Prosecutor&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p> Prosecutors from the Shevchenko District Prosecutor&#8217;s Office of Kyiv proved in court the guilt of a 43-year-old man in the illegal acquisition, storage for the purpose of sale, and sale of large quantities of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.<\/p>\n<p> According to the investigation, the man organized the sale of cocaine, which he packed in plastic zip-lock bags and packed in gift bags with soap. He sent such packages to the recipients using a taxi service.<\/p>\n<p> During the arrest, law enforcement officers discovered and seized cocaine and amphetamine from his home.<\/p>\n<p> In court, the prosecutor proved that the accused purchased narcotics and psychotropic substances specifically for further sale, since the seized packages already had specific recipients, which was confirmed by the relevant records.<\/p>\n<p> The court sentenced him to 6 years in prison with confiscation of property. The convict is currently in custody. The pre-trial investigation into the case was conducted by investigators from the Shevchenko Police Department of the Main Police Department in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p> We will remind that in Kyiv, law enforcement officers detained a 44-year-old man who <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/metadon-pid-vyhliadom-likiv-u-kyievi-cholovik-prynis-narkotyky-obvynuvachenomu-priamo-do-zaly-sudu\/\">handed methadone pills to the accused during a court hearing in the Darnytskyi District Court.<\/a> The suspect was informed of suspicion under the article on illegal sale of narcotic drugs, which carries a penalty of up to 8 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court in Kyiv found a 43-year-old man guilty of illegal acquisition, possession for the purpose of sale, and sale of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. He was sentenced to 6 years in prison with confiscation of property. This was reported by the Kyiv City Prosecutor&#8217;s Office. Prosecutors from the Shevchenko District Prosecutor&#8217;s Office of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1392752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76873,76875],"class_list":["post-1400097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-events","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1392752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1400097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}