Criminalists detained the couple (male 37 and female 40) from Pardubice this week, Jan Rybanský, a spokesman for the Prague police, informed about the case on Friday.
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“Their illegal activity began in 2017, when they offered medicine on the Internet. After payment, however, they did not deliver the goods and did not communicate with the victims. In the past, they were prosecuted in the Pardubice region for this fraudulent activity. However, they did not learn, on the contrary, “the spokesman described the case.
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According to investigators, the couple expanded trading in 2018 throughout the Czech Republic, offering various Internet portals such as Apozolpidem, Neurol, Diazepan, Xanax, Lexaurin, Hypnogen, Stilnox and Tramal.
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According to the police, the accused sold drugs with a psychotropic effect
“The ordered, many overpriced medicine was then handed over in person in the Pardubice region or sent to the above addresses to interested parties throughout the Czech Republic. They procured prescriptions from their district doctors, relatives or other persons, “Rybanský specified, stating that they were to use a bank account held with an acquaintance of theirs.
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During the arrest, the police found over a million crowns in cash in various currencies, medicines and delivery notes for the post office with vouchers.
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Criminal investigators found the couple over a million crowns in cash
According to Rybanský, the couple had tens of thousands of medicines a month, but they also received social benefits. Police are investigating the case as illicit drug treatment, for which the couple faces up to ten years in prison.
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