History of drug or at least attempts to somehow monitor their turnover has more than 100 years. In February 1909 Shanghai opium Commission, participation in which was accepted by 13 countries, including Russia, tried to find ways to limit importation of drugs from Asian countries. Despite the measures taken, the problem of drug abuse and trafficking have become only more so. On the place of opium came «heavy» drugs for intravenous administration, the prevalence of drug addiction is growing, the disease is growing younger. For the Vanino customs combating illegal transboundary movement of narcotic drugs is one of the most important activities. In a zone of activity of the Vanino customs on the channels of international shipping, international mail is constantly carried out operatively-search actions directed on revealing and suppression of the facts of illegal moving of narcotic drugs, potent, psychotropic and poisonous substances and their precursors. To conduct these activities involved experts-cynologists with dogs. Specificity of activity of the investigative units of the customs bodies is mainly informal and does not allow up to a certain point publicize the results of their activities. One of the striking examples of the struggle of the Vanino customs smuggling of drugs across the customs border of the Customs Union is excited in may of this year, officials of the Vanino customs criminal case on part 3 tbsp. 229.1 Criminal code of the Russian Federation (CC RF), — smuggling of narcotic drugs in a large amount. Let\’s remind, that on results of the conducted complex operative-search actions, employees of the operative-search Bureau (ORI) of the Vanino customs was received operative information about a possible smuggling of synthetic drugs, carried out by international postal services of the Czech Republic. In order to verify the received operational information by ORO was initiated by the customs inspection, the results of which international mail was discovered foil package with powdery substance of white color. Criminalistic research has proved that discovered the substance is derived drug амфетаминовой group 4-Propyl-25-Диметоксифенэтиламином. In accordance with Russian legislation, this material and its derivatives included in the list # 1 of narcotic drugs, trafficking in the Russian Federation is banned. The crime stipulated by H. 3 tbsp. 229.1 of the criminal code of the Russian Federation refers to the category of grave and especially provides for a punishment from ten to twenty years of imprisonment.
The press service of the DVTU