21-year-old held in Irkutsk with 0.5 kg hashish in stomach
Police in Irkutsk detained a 21-year-old Kyrgyzstan native arriving from Bishkek after finding 79 hashish capsules weighing about 500 grams hidden inside his body. He told officers an acquaintance recruited him for paid courier work, and investigators opened a large-scale drug case and placed him in pre-trial detention.
🇷🇺 Irkutsk Airport, Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast · Russia
Drug-control officers detained a 21-year-old native of Kyrgyzstan at Irkutsk
airport on suspicion of carrying drugs inside his body.[1]The young
swallower-courier had flown to Irkutsk from Bishkek.[1]Irkutsk drug-control
officers said they stopped the 21-year-old in the airport for intracavitary
hashish transport and recovered about 500 grams in total.[2]
Officers seized 79 capsules of hashish weighing about 500 grams from the
courier.[1]A Bishkek account confirms officers found 500 grams of hashish in
the 21-year-old Kyrgyzstani man’s stomach.[3]On questioning he said it was
his second visit to Irkutsk after first coming in September to seek work, when
an acquaintance offered him courier work.[1]
He was told to return to Bishkek and bring drugs to Irkutsk for payment, then he
swallowed 79 tape-wrapped pressed hashish parcels.[2]A criminal case was
opened against the courier and he was placed in pre-trial detention.[1]A
request for a character reference was sent to his home country to inform a later
court decision.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
500 g
Agency
Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN)
Agency type
Anti-narcotics agency
Cannabis
Hashish (500 g)
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Airport
Charge
transporting drugs on a large scale
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Irkutsk Oblast
Route
Kyrgyzstan → Russia
Date
Publication date
Sources
Интерфаксinterfax.ruRUВ Иркутске задержали наркокурьера с 0.5 кг гашиша в желудке
IRK.ruirk.ruRUНаркокурьера из Киргизии задержали в Иркутске
Вечерний Бишкекvb.kgRUВ Иркутском аэропорту у кыргызстанца в желудке нашли полкило гашиша
Open questions the AI reported
The articles give no separate date for the detention; 25 November 2014 is the publication and report date used as the incident date.
No court outcome beyond detention in SIZO and a pending character reference was reported.
The weight is reported as about 500 grams, so 0.5 kg is recorded as stated without independent weighing.
The page images listed for the Interfax page are unrelated 2026 news thumbnails, so no event photo can be linked.
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