Moscow Oblast police seize 5 kg of hashish with 51 kg of heroin
Moscow Oblast drug-control police detained a foreign national in Losino-Petrovsky and found more than 51 kg of heroin and five kilograms of hashish in his rented flat, Interior Ministry spokesperson Irina Volk said. Only the hashish is a cannabis figure; the 150 million rouble black-market valuation and the 80,000-dose estimate cover the heroin and hashish together.
🇷🇺 Losino-Petrovsky urban okrug, Moscow Oblast · Russia
Police detained a native of one of the former Soviet republics in the Moscow
Oblast town of Losino-Petrovsky on suspicion of drug trafficking, a case
announced by Interior Ministry spokesperson Irina Volk.[1]
Officers of the Interior Ministry’s Main Directorate for Drug Control, with
Moscow Oblast police and the Shchyolkovo police directorate, detained the
suspect, who police say organised a warehouse for large drug consignments at his
temporary home.[1]In a rented flat in Losino-Petrovsky officers found more
than 51 kilograms of heroin and five kilograms of hashish, the cannabis product
in the case.[1]Volk said the drugs had been hidden in cots and on the kitchen
and balcony of the flat.[2]Volk said the suspect lived in the
Losino-Petrovsky urban okrug, north-east of Moscow.[2]Police said the drugs
were meant for sale through hidden stash points across Moscow Oblast.[1]
Volk put the whole consignment at about 80,000 single doses and said its
black-market value could reach 150 million roubles, a figure covering the heroin
and hashish together.[1]A court placed the suspect in custody.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Only the publication and statement date of 15 February 2023 is known for the detention, so it stands in for the incident date.
The suspect is described only as a native of one of the neighbouring countries; no name, age or country was published.
No cannabis-only valuation or weight breakdown was published; the 150 million rouble figure and the 80,000-dose figure cover the heroin and hashish together.
No court outcome in the case was found in the sources opened.
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