Crimean customs: the package with potent substance turned the athlete into a defendant in a criminal case

Employees of Department on struggle against smuggling of drugs Crimean customs were prevented entry into the territory of the Russian Federation from the Republic of Belarus illicit trafficking of drugs using international mail.

The post office in Simferopol during receiving packages containing potent substances, law enforcement officers with the power support of SOBR of the Crimean customs detained the resident of Simferopol.

At the opening of international mail, received by the resident, police found pills and vials of liquid containing a prohibited substance.

According to the expert seized the pills and the liquid in the ampoules contain in their composition 38 grams of potent substances: testosterone and stanozolol, which are included in “Lists of potent and toxic substances for the purposes of article 234 and other articles of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation”, approved by RF Government Decree of 29.12.2007, № 964.

In a survey of 38-year-old man explained that he had purchased the tablets and capsules, on one of the sites in the Internet as freely available in pharmacies to purchase drugs failed. Drugs planned to use in sporting activities.

“Currently, against the person who committed the crime, the Crimean customs initiated a criminal case under part 1 of article 226.1 of the criminal code – contraband of potent substances. For the illegal movement across the customs border of the Customs Union within the EAEC potent substances krymchanin be punished with imprisonment for the term up to 7 years”,– said the Deputy head of the Crimean customs Igor Vladimirov.

Irina Khvostenko, press Secretary of the Crimean customs