Pharmaceutical mafia dismantled in Greater Poland – two doctors among nine detained
Police operating under the supervision of the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Poznań have detained nine people, including two doctors issuing false prescriptions. Approximately 1.2 million zlotys in cash and illegal psychotropic and opioid drugs have been seized.
False prescriptions and millions in cash – nine people detained
The vigilance of a Piła resident has led to the dismantling of an organised criminal group dealing in powerful narcotic drugs – reports RMF24. Police operating under the supervision of the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Poznań have so far detained nine people, including two doctors from Greater Poland and Mazovia provinces.
The case came to light when a Piła resident (Greater Poland) noticed suspicious activity on his online patient account last year. The "mojeIKP" application informed him of a prescription being issued in his personal details. "However, he had no knowledge of a medical visit or the prescribed medication," investigators stated. The report became the starting point for uncovering a procedure on a large scale.
Doctors as a key link in the group
According to investigators' findings, both detained doctors were issuing prescriptions for powerful psychotropic drugs, opioids and medical marijuana to people who were not their patients. The drugs were subsequently purchased in pharmacies across the country, resold, and some ended up abroad.
During the operation, officers seized 1.2 million zlotys in cash in various currencies, an Audi vehicle worth more than 200,000 zlotys, and gold valued at over 200,000 zlotys. Significant quantities of narcotic and psychotropic drugs, thousands of blister packs of tablets prepared for illegal sale, and several thousand unlawfully issued prescriptions were also seized.
Charges and arrest for five people
Most of those detained have already been charged with participation in an organised criminal group, introducing significant quantities of intoxicating substances and psychotropic substances into circulation, and illegal acquisition and distribution of drugs – including their export beyond the country's borders. These offences carry sentences of up to 12 years imprisonment. Five people have been remanded in custody.
Police do not rule out further arrests. Officers emphasise that the case might never have come to light had it not been for the vigilance of the victim and the application linked to his online patient account, through which the man noticed the false prescription issued in his name.
Source: RMF24