Borisov resident convicted of possession of psychotropic substances
The Borisov District Prosecutor's Office supported the state prosecution in the criminal case against M., born in 1995, a citizen of the Republic of Belarus, married, employed, previously convicted, in committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 328 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
M. was accused of having a common goal and a single intent to illegally acquire and store psychotropic substances without the purpose of sale and fulfilling his criminal intent, under unknown circumstances, place and time, but no later than 17:50 on March 17, 2024, using his Huawei Nova 10 mobile phone connected to the global Internet, illegally acquired for personal consumption, without the purpose of sale, a light-brown powdery substance weighing at least 1.69 grams, located in a polymer bag, containing alpha-PVP - a particularly dangerous psychotropic substance not used for medical purposes, having agreed with an unidentified person, the criminal case against whom was separated into a separate proceeding, to acquire a psychotropic substance, having transferred funds in the amount of 255 rubles to an account as payment for the psychotropic substance and having received information about the location of a cache with a psychotropic substance located near the house No. * on Sennaya Street in Borisov, according to geographic coordinates, after which, having removed it from its hiding place, from the moment of its acquisition, illegally kept it with him without the purpose of sale and disposed of the unspecified portion at his own discretion, and, in continuation of his illegal intent, transferred it from the place of seizure to house No. * on Sennaya Street, where he continued to illegally keep it with him without the purpose of sale until the moment of his detention by the Department of Internal Affairs officers at the said place at 17:50 on March 17, 2024, where, during his personal 2 search, conducted from 17:54 to 18:00, the said especially dangerous psychotropic substance was discovered and seized.
He, having a common goal and a single intent for the illegal acquisition and storage of psychotropic substances without the purpose of sale and fulfilling his criminal intent, under unknown circumstances, place and time, but no later than 17:50 on March 17, 2024, using his Huawei Nova 10 mobile phone connected to the global Internet, illegally acquired, without the purpose of sale for personal consumption, a white crystalline substance weighing 1.46 grams containing para-Methylephedrone (mephedrone) - an especially dangerous psychotropic substance not used for medical purposes, placed in a polymer bag, having agreed with an unidentified person, the criminal case against whom has been separated into a separate proceeding, to acquire a psychotropic substance, having transferred funds in the amount of 310 rubles to an account as payment for the psychotropic substance and having received information about the location of the cache with the psychotropic substance, located on a site in forest area near house No. * on Lesnoy Lane in the city of Zhodino according to geographic coordinates, after which, from the moment of acquisition illegally without the purpose of sale, he stored it in a hiding place until April 9, 2024, when on the specified day, in the period from 12:27 to 12:58, the said especially dangerous psychotropic substance was discovered and seized during an inspection of the above-mentioned area.
The accused M., interrogated at the court hearing, pleaded guilty in full, testifying that on March 17, 2024, during the daytime, using his mobile phone "HuaweiNova 10", via the Internet, he purchased mephedrone for personal use, paid for the purchase of the said substance using his mobile phone, transferring funds in the amount of 310 rubles from his bank account to the bank account provided by the online store.
After he made the payment, he received a message from the online store with photographs of a section of land located near house No. * on Lesnoy Lane in the city of Zhodino, according to the geographic coordinates given in the indictment, with the location of the cache with the psychotropic substance.
Having arrived at the place, he was unable to find the cache with the psychotropic substance, and therefore returned home and again, in the same way as the first time, acquired the psychotropic substance alpha-PVP, the cache with which was located near house No. * on Sennaya Street in the city of Borisov according to geographic coordinates.
Having arrived at the designated location, he removed a psychotropic substance from a hiding place, after which he was detained by police officers.
Along with the accused's admission of guilt, his guilt in the crime is confirmed by evidence examined by the court.
Taking into account the circumstances of the criminal case, the personality of the accused, the court of Borisovsky district found M. guilty of illegal acquisition and storage of psychotropic substances without the purpose of sale, i.e. of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 328 of the Criminal Code, on the basis of which, taking into account Part 1 of Article 73 of the Criminal Code, he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 2 years and 6 months with serving the sentence in a penal colony under general regime.
The sentence has not entered into legal force.
The material was prepared by the senior assistant to the prosecutor of the Borisov district T. S. Rutko especially for the information and news portal "Belnovosti" (Certificate of state registration of mass media (mass media) No. 2 dated December 21, 2018).
