Abbreviation GUKON National agency
(Operations jurisdiction) RUS | Preceding agency FSKN | |
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Motto Serve Russia, Serve the law Formed April 5, 2016; 10 months ago (2016-04-05) Legal personality Governmental: Government agency | ||
Main Directorate for Drugs Control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (Russian: Главное управление по контролю за оборотом наркотиков Министерства внутренних дел Российской Федерации, ГУКОН), known also as GUKON is a law enforcement agency and the Russian Drugs police. They are responsible for the regulation of narcotics, and investigating drugs crimes.
The Directorate is part of the Public Security Service of the MVD. The Directorate (abbraviated as GUKON) has a jurisdiction over all Russia.
Like FSKN before, the Directorate tasked with combating drug smuggling and use within the Russian Federation. Not only is the GUKON the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act, sharing concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Security Service (FSB), it also has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing Russian drug investigations abroad.