In Odesa, a drug dealer was sentenced for hiding cocaine in his daughter's backpack

A court in Odesa found a 42-year-old man guilty of using his 10-year-old daughter as a cover for transporting cocaine, hiding the drugs in packages disguised as corn sticks. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison with property confiscation. During searches, more than one and a half kilograms of cocaine and other packaging equipment were seized from his vehicle and residence.