Main Directorate for Drugs Control

Main Directorate for Drugs Control Drugs Police
Abbreviation	GUKON
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Motto	Serve Russia, Serve the law
Agency overview
Formed	April 5, 2016 (2016-04-05)
Preceding agency	FSKN
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency (Operations jurisdiction)	RUS
Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction)	RUS
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GUKON influence areas
Size	17,098,242 square miles (44,284,240 km2)
Population	143,441,534 (2016 est.)
Legal jurisdiction	Russian Federation Russian foreign drug-related investigations
Governing body	MVD
General nature	Federal law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Zhitnaya 16, Moscow, Russia
Commissioner responsible	Andrei Khrapov
Parent agency	MVD
Website
mvd.ru/gunk

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.

See also

• Main Directorate for Migration Affairs (Russia)
• Police of Russia
• Militsiya
• MVD
• FSKN

External Links

• Official Homepage