In Chernihiv region, a “workshop” for the production of counterfeit alcohol was exposed

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11 of February 2022 08:00

Employees of the main operative-search department of the Chernihiv Border Guard Detachment in cooperation with representatives of the National Police are taking measures aimed at freeing the market of excisable goods from counterfeit and smuggling product

According to the results of investigative and operational measures carried out in the pre-trial investigation of criminal proceedings registered under Art. 199 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, exposed the activities of residents group of Semenivka border town, who established a systematic production and sale of alcohol counterfeit.

Enterprising dealers in insanitary conditions carried out the bottling of water-alcohol mixture in bottles with labels of well-known brands. The surrogate was marked with counterfeit excise stamps.

During the documentation of criminal activity, investigative actions were used, which made it possible to identify the main places of accumulation, storage and sale of counterfeit products, as well as the entire chain of such products sale.

During the searches of the three suspects, more than a thousand bottles of counterfeit alcohol, more than 2 tons of alcohol and water-alcohol mixture, counterfeit excise stamps, equipment for making alcohol at the home, about 2 thousands of empty bottles of well-known alcohol brands, almost 300 packs of cigarettes without excise stamps, records of draft accounting and mobile terminals that contain evidence of criminal activity.

The preliminary value of the seized is about 200 thousand UAH.

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