Two residents of Chernivtsi were sentenced to nine years in prison each for the production and sale of amphetamines.

A court in Bukovina found two local residents, aged 36 and 49, guilty of producing and distributing large quantities of methamphetamine. Each defendant received a sentence of 9 years in prison, along with asset confiscation.

As reported by the Chernivtsi regional prosecutor's office on December 27, the residents of Chernivtsi were manufacturing methamphetamine in a drug lab they set up in one of the premises in the regional center.

“They sourced the raw materials remotely and received them via a delivery service, while the finished psychotropic products were sold in Chernivtsi. The money from the sale of methamphetamine was used to fund further production,” law enforcement officials stated.

For the illegal manufacture and distribution of drugs in particularly large quantities, the Chernivtsi residents, aged 36 and 49, were sentenced to 9 years in prison with asset confiscation.