{"id":152475,"date":"2025-08-25T16:57:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T13:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152475\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"methadone-case-goes-to-court-six-charged","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152475\/","title":{"rendered":"Six charged in methadone case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

August 25, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Prosecutors in the Minsk region have announced sending a case against six drug-trafficking suspects to court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A married couple were buying, storing and transporting large quantities of particularly dangerous narcotic substances, the prosecutor said. Since July 2023, the two \u201cacted as drug couriers\u201d for an organized criminal group that controlled \u201cthe activities of two online stores selling narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prosecutor claimed the suspects were involved in the distribution of prohibited substances to \u201c14 individuals, four of whom died in 2023\u20132024 from methadone poisoning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the arrest, 102 packages of methadone were confiscated from the couple, the report said. In addition, investigators found 594 g of mephedrone, about 792 g of hashish, 382 g of methadone and about 6 g of \u03b1-PVP in their home and hiding places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the prosecutor, the defendants\u2019 income exceeded 262,000 rubels ($77,500).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The four other accused, residents of Minsk and the Minsk region, illegally acquired methadone through the aforementioned websites and stored it \u201cwithout the purpose of selling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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