Carrying Out Search during Investigation of Illegal Narcotic (Psychotropic) Pharmaceuticals Sale in Drugstores

  • A. Okushko

    Postgraduate Student of the Scientific Laboratory on the Problems of Criminal Police of the Educational and Research Institute No. 1 of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine

Keywords: search, narcotic (psychotropic) pharmaceuticals, drugstore network, violation of inspected substances turnover distribution regulations

Abstract

Article reveals peculiarities of search performance within the
criminal proceeding on cases of illegal narcotic (psychotropic)
pharmaceuticals sale in drugstores. Author identifies factors
influencing the decision to perform search at the initial stage of
investigation of illegal narcotic (psychotropic) pharmaceuticals sale in
drugstores instead of crime scene examination and temporary
access to items and documents: search conducted in different
structural objects (premises); search provides the detailed picture of
crime scene with opportunity to detect the secret locations
(premises) and open (forcefully, if necessary) safe deposits, iron
boxes and other devices; opportunity to perform individual search
(persons caught in the act of illegal sale of narcotic (psychotropic)
pharmaceuticals in drugstores).
Peculiarities of initial stage of search performed within the
criminal proceeding on the cases of illegal sale of narcotic
(psychotropic) pharmaceuticals in drugstores are provided:
requirement to identify the exact quantity of objects subjected to
search, exact address and premises mapping; ways of approaching
and accessing the premises; blocking windows, entry doors,
balconies; isolation and extraction of drugstores’ employees from the
premises; blocking entry/exit doors in the premise along with
communication infrastructure. Specifications of protocols drawn up
upon the search results are presented.

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Author Biography

A. Okushko

Postgraduate Student of the Scientific Laboratory on the Problems of Criminal Police of the Educational and Research Institute No. 1 of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine


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Okushko, A. 1. Carrying Out Search during Investigation of Illegal Narcotic (Psychotropic) Pharmaceuticals Sale in Drugstores. Scientific Herald of the National Academy of Internal Affairs. 104, 3 (1), 279-288.
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