A 37-year-old man has been charged under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and was remanded in custody. He faces up to eight years in prison for his offenses.

Officers from the Odessa district police department have determined that a resident of the Vygodyanska community is involved in the sale of weapons and drugs.

During investigative operations, law enforcement documented the suspect selling two grenades and a package of a narcotic substance, receiving 5500 hryvnias.

With the assistance of bomb disposal experts, investigators seized grenade bodies with fuses, which, according to preliminary assessments, are functional military munitions. They also confiscated the substance suspected to be a narcotic and cash.

Additionally, during a sanctioned search at the suspect's residence, several zip bags containing similar plant substances, packaging equipment, and over a hundred cartridges were found. Part of the seized items has been sent for expert analysis.

According to Andriy Donets, the head of the Odessa district police department, the suspect was detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and has been charged with illegal acquisition, storage with intent to sell, and illegal sale of narcotic substances (Part 1 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), as well as illegal possession, acquisition, and sale of military munitions without a legal permit (Part 1 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The court has chosen to remand the suspect in custody. He faces up to eight years of imprisonment for his offenses.

All circumstances of the crime, including the channel through which the “goods” reached the suspect, will be established during the investigation. The procedural supervision of the case is carried out by the Bilayaivka District Prosecutor's Office.