{"id":197788,"date":"2026-07-29T18:40:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197788\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T18:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:40:26","slug":"ex-policeman-given-10-years-in-prison-for-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197788\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-policeman given 10 years in prison for drug trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A judge in Hrodna sentenced a 24-year-old man to 10 years in prison on drug trafficking charges on July 21, the Supreme Court said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court also stripped him of his rank of senior police sergeant, imposed a fine of 6,750 rubels (about $2,340) and confiscated his smartphone as \u201can instrument of the crime,\u201d according to the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In mid-September 2025, the defendant reportedly joined an organized group in Belarus involved in the online distribution of narcotics and psychotropic substances, where he worked as a stash handler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supreme Court data show that 1,039 people were convicted of drug-related crimes in the first half of 2026. Convictions increased by nearly 8 percent year on year in 2025, according to <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> analysis of the official figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pogran_gpk-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pogran_gpk-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pogran_gpk-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pogran_gpk.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus charges German, French nationals over marijuana possession<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 1, Pozirk. Belarusian border guards seized marijuana from a 28-year-old German national who was travelling to Belarus by car with his family via the Terespol-Brest checkpoint, the State Border Committee reported. During an inspection of the car on June &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/194117\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 29, Pozirk. A judge in Hrodna sentenced a 24-year-old man to 10 years in prison on drug trafficking charges on July 21, the Supreme Court said. 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