Friday 06/February/2026 – 06:51 PM
Investigations by the security services into the case of the Ukrainian Ivan gang inside a villa in the October area revealed details related to the roles of the accused within an organized gang formation that specialized in manufacturing narcotic substances inside the country and smuggling it out of Egypt, especially to Italy.
Ivan’s Ukrainian gang
Secret investigations reported that the accused, Ivan, is Tsolyak, a Ukrainian national, who is outside the country. He is the leader of the gang, and the main person responsible for bringing Decanest tablets to extract pseudoephedrine from them, in preparation for smuggling them out of the country, in addition to his role in attracting Ukrainian women to use them in smuggling bags packed with food items containing pseudoephedrine, in exchange for an amount of $1,000 for each. A bag, with smuggling operations focusing on Italy.
Investigations stated that the accused, Evgeny Mikhanylyk, a Ukrainian national, who was arrested in connection with the case, was responsible for grinding Decanest tablets and separating pseudoephedrine from them, inside a villa in a famous compound in the First October Police Department.
Investigations also revealed that the accused, Miron Bibak, a Ukrainian national who was outside the country, was in charge of packing raw pseudoephedrine into food containers and bags, such as bags of coffee and powdered milk, inside the same villa mentioned above, in preparation for smuggling it out of the country by Ukrainian women who were recruited for this purpose.
The investigations added that the accused, Olga Chepkalenko, a Ukrainian national, who was arrested in connection with the case, was responsible for carrying out the smuggling operation outside the country, especially to Italy, by carrying bags containing food packages filled with pseudoephedrine, and passing them through airports.
Regarding the financial aspect, investigations revealed that the accused Abdullah, a Russian national, who was arrested in connection with the case, was transferring financial sums for the benefit of the leader and members of the gang formation, through the use of cryptocurrencies, most notably Bitcoin.
Investigations revealed that the nature of the agreement between the accused was an organized division of roles, with Ivan assuming leadership of the formation, bringing the Decanter tablets, and attracting the women involved in the smuggling, while Eviny assumed the process of grinding and extracting, and Miron assumed the process of packing and concealing inside food packages, while Olga assumed the responsibility of carrying out the smuggling operations abroad, and Abdullah assumed the task of financial transfers using cryptocurrencies.
Investigations also revealed details of the concealment method, as the accused, Meron Bebak, was emptying food containers, such as coffee and powdered milk, of their original content, refilling them with raw pseudoephedrine, then closing them in the same way as the original closure, with the aim of preventing their detection by airport detection devices.
Regarding the accused’s knowledge of the criminal purpose, secret investigations confirmed that all the accused were fully aware of the purpose for which these drugs were used, except for Abdullah (peace be upon him) and Mahmoud (m).
Regarding the roles of other defendants, investigations revealed that the accused, Victor Casta Casti, rented the villa where the incident occurred, and was aware of the process of grinding the drug Decanest and separating the pseudoephedrine from it. It was also found that the accused, Anastasia Pacheco, rented an apartment in the Dokki area, and was aware of its use in delivering and receiving bags containing pseudoephedrine, and delivering them to women who were recruited to smuggle it out of the country, especially to the state. Italy, for $1000 per bag.
The competent criminal court scheduled the first session for February 22 trial The gang formation in the case involved those accused of manufacturing narcotic substances inside a residential villa in 6th of October City, with the intention of exporting them outside the country.
