Russian drug carrier detained in Argentina not related to ‘cocaine case’ - Kremlin


The Russian Embassy in Argentina sees no link between the discovery of suitcases with cocaine on the premises of the Russian embassy and the detention of a Russian citizen in possession of drugs in a Buenos Aires airport.

“We believe that this detention has no relation to the ‘cocaine case.’ Apparently, the matter is about an ordinary drug courier,” state-run agency TASS quotes the embassy.

On Tuesday Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said hat a Russian national in possession of four kilograms of cocaine was detained at the Ministro Pistarini International Airport.

The embassy has received no official notification about the detention so far.

As reported earlier, the Argentine police secured 389 kilos of cocaine stored in 12 suitcases in the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires. 360 packets were to have been sent to Europe and Russia by diplomatic mail. The estimated cost the drugs found was estimated at $50 mln.

Moscow keeps denying its diplomats’ or officials’ connection to cocaine smuggling, as well as the assumption that the service plane of the Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev might have been used for transporting suitcases.

belsat.eu, following TASS, photo by dni24.com

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