Pre-war contraband was discovered in the Odesa port

In one of the ports of the Odesa region, law enforcement officers discovered contraband hidden in containers.

According to the investigation, members of the drug cartel brought cargo containers with almost 50 tons of industrial slag from South America to the territory of Ukraine, which were unloaded at the port. The delivery took place in February this year, even before the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russian federation, the Prosecutor General’s Office reports.

During the inspection of the containers, law enforcement officers found a bag weighing about 10 kg with a white powdery substance in one of the bags with slag. According to the results of examinations, almost 4 kg of cocaine were found in the selected samples in terms of the pure substance. The cost of the drug is about UAH 24 million.

At the request of the prosecutor’s office, the entire imported cargo was seized. Currently, law enforcement officers are conducting a pre-trial investigation into the fact of illegal production, manufacture, acquisition, storage, transportation, forwarding or sale of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances.