Employees of the tax police of the Kovel State Tax Inspectorate have opened a criminal case under Art. 204 Part 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine against Oleksandr M. In the premises of an apartment and in a garage at his place of residence in the city of Kovel, the man organized an underground production of alcoholic beverages.
Among the regular clients of the "workshop owner" were not only Kovel residents but also Belarusians. The next client, who was helped to load the goods by tax police officers, managed to purchase at the "distillery" 40 bottles of "Zakarpatskyi" cognac and 80 bottles of "Poliska" horilka.
During the inspection of the "production" facilities of the enterprising owner, 190 bottles of "Pshenychna" horilka, 430 of "Poliska", 111 of "Zolote Kiltse", 59 of "Posolska", and 200 of "Zakarpatskyi" cognac were found.
Three plastic barrels with a capacity of 200 liters containing alcohol were also seized, along with 45 five-liter plastic bottles and dozens more bottles of various capacities. As well as about two thousand (!) empty bottles prepared for filling, capping devices, funnels, hoses. In a word, everything like at a good owner's. The work of the underground workshop has been stopped and, probably, for a long time.
In total, since the beginning of the special operation "Excise Stamp", employees of the tax police of the UPM of the STA in the Volyn region have shut down the activities of 14 underground workshops producing counterfeit alcoholic beverages. Press service of the UPM of the STA in the Volyn region.