The Ministry of Internal Affairs detained more than 40 people in the case of the sale of drugs worth 10 billion rubles.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation detained 41 people in the case of the sale of drugs worth 10 billion rubles. This was announced on March 15 by the official representative of the department Irina Volk.

She clarified that the attackers sold synthetic drugs via the Internet in a contactless way in several regions of Russia. They conducted illegal activities for 4.5 years — from September 2018 to April 2023.

"Seven alleged leaders and 34 members of the criminal community have been detained. They are charged with committing 53 crimes under articles 210 ("Organization of a criminal community". — Ed.) and 228.1 ("Manufacture, transportation and sale of drugs on a significant scale." — Ed.) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation," reads a message on the Wolf Telegram channel.

Interior Ministry officers also seized more than 1 ton of narcotic drugs and more than 10 tons of their precursors. In addition, drug traffickers have been charged with laundering money earned as a result of the sale of prohibited substances.

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Earlier, on February 27, two teenagers aged 16 and 17 were detained at a checkpoint in the Smolensk region in a case of drug smuggling across the border. According to the regional FSB, about 700 grams of narcotic substances were found in the young people. It is specified that the detainees planned to transport them to the territory of a neighboring state.