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Law enforcement officers attacked during searches at tobacco factory in Lviv

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Two patrol policemen were injured during searches at the Vynnyky tobacco factory in Lviv region. Criminal proceedings have been opened over the attack on law enforcement officers. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine.

The BES said that on the evening of 11 July, detectives were conducting investigative actions in the town of Vynnyky in Lviv district. During the searches, a group of unidentified persons aggressively obstructed law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties.

“In particular, about 50 athletic-looking people, together with representatives of the factory, forcibly pushed patrol police and BES officers off the factory premises and did not allow them to enter the premises for the search. At the same time, some of them illegally took the products from the search site and loaded them into a car. Subsequently, these individuals tried to take the tobacco products out of the territory, despite the fact that they had been seized in accordance with the inspection report,”

– the BES press service said.

The Bureau of Economic Security added that the people blocked the patrol car and started jumping on it. Two law enforcement officers were injured. They are currently in hospital. The BES noted that the searches were carried out legally – as part of criminal proceedings under a court order.

“At present, representatives of the factory and other persons continue to obstruct law enforcement officers in conducting investigative actions and ignore the requirements of the investigating judge’s order to conduct a search of warehouses and production facilities,”

– the BES added.

The head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, Danylo Hetmantsev, posted a video of the clashes.

Hetmantsev said that in the coming weeks, the committee would hear a report from law enforcement officers on their work on the illegal tobacco market.

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