Illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs is punishable by up to 15 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property
At the same time, persons who voluntarily surrender narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their precursors, and actively contribute to the detection or suppression of a crime related to the illicit trafficking of these substances, the exposure of persons who committed them, the discovery of property obtained by criminal means, are exempted from criminal liability for this crime.
The state policy in the sphere of combating illicit drug trafficking is aimed at the complete eradication of such a phenomenon.
This is supported by the new Law of the Republic of Belarus No. 408-Z "On Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances, Their Precursors and Analogues".
The aforementioned Law defines the legal and organizational framework of state policy in the sphere of circulation and combating illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their precursors and analogues, and is also aimed at preventing the consumption of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues in order to ensure national security, protect the life and health of citizens.
In addition, the law significantly expanded the list of prohibited substances and preparations not used for medical purposes, which are classified as narcotic, and accordingly, their illicit trafficking is also punishable by criminal law.
Criminals in this category of criminal cases are persons of various categories.
Thus, in our case, a resident of the city of Vitebsk, born in 1997, previously convicted for committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 328 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, intending to illegally acquire, store especially dangerous psychotropic substances without the purpose of sale, as well as transport them, being in a state caused by the consumption of psychotropic substances, by purchasing through a mobile application, picked up a psychotropic substance at an agreed location, which
intentionally without the purpose of selling, he carried in a taxi, and upon detention by police officers, he attempted to discard a packet containing a psychotropic substance. He fully admitted his guilt and explained during the preliminary investigation that he acquired this substance for his own consumption, without the intent to sell, and repented his actions.By the verdict of the court of the Zheleznodorozhny District of Vitebsk, he was sentenced to three years of imprisonment, to be served in a correctional colony under a general regime.
Assistant to the Vitebsk Transport Prosecutor
Junior Justice Counselor V.O. Shevernovskaya