Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has intercepted a major drug shipment—a ton of cocaine estimated at over 3.5 billion rubles ($35.7 million) on the black market—bound for Europe.
“A shipment of Latin American cocaine destined for a European Union country via Russia has been seized in the Leningrad Region. Two residents of a Baltic country had hidden 984 packages of cocaine, each weighing 1 kg, inside their car, intending to smuggle them to an EU country,” the FSB said in a statement, News.Az reports, citing TASS.
Hours before the interception, the foreigners attempted to drop 20 kg of cocaine in a forest southwest of St. Petersburg. An Estonian resident and two Russian citizens were detained while removing the drugs from a cache.
Criminal cases have been opened. The five suspects, who may face up to 20 years in prison, are in custody. A search operation is ongoing, the FSB added.
https://news.az/news/russia-s-fsb-seizes-1-ton-of-cocaine-en-route-to-europe
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