Last Friday, August 14, during the release of the resulting operational information, the official guards of the Northern District of Riga Regional Administration, in cooperation with the Special Task Battalion, carried out a search of two apartments in Riga – Jersika Street and Lāču Street, where approximately 200 grams of amphetamine were detected and seized. . In one of the addresses, the police also detained a 1983-born man who had come to the police from several times before. Yesterday, August 16, the court applied a security feature to the detained man.
Criminal proceedings following the first paragraph of Article 253.1 of the Criminal Law, concerning the illicit manufacture, purchase, possession, transport or transfer of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, or the unauthorised sale of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, were initiated in the context of the proceedings. . Punishment for such a criminal offence is intended - deprivation of liberty for a period of two to eight years, seizure of property or without seizure of property, and supervision of probation for a period of up to three years.
In order to effectively fight crimes related to the circulation of narcotic drugs, the State Police calls on residents to be active and to report – by calling the phone number 110 at the time of the event or by writing an application on the portal Latvija.lv.