Customs officers detained a Muscovite who ordered 300 kilograms of precursor for synthesizing “salts” via the darknet
Published: April 5, 2024 11:00 AM
Officers of the Main Department for Combating Smuggling of the Federal Customs Service of Russia and the Central Operational Customs in cooperation with the Volga Operational and Samara Customs stopped a scheme to import precursors for the production of synthetic drugs from abroad.
Officers of the Main Department for Combating Smuggling of the Federal Customs Service of Russia and the Central Operational Customs in cooperation with the Volga Operational and Samara Customs stopped a scheme to import precursors for the production of synthetic drugs
It was established that a 47-year-old Muscovite ordered a batch of 300 kilograms of illegal substance via darknet. The shipment was controlled by customs officers
The truck with the shipment arrived at a warehouse in Moscow, after which the goods were delivered to the recipient in a private sector in the north-west of the capital. The man was caught red-handed while receiving the shipment
A total of 24 barrels with the illegal substance in the form of white powder, as well as equipment and flasks for drug synthesis were seized
Experts determined that the substance from the barrels was 1-dimethylamino-2-chloropropane, which is used by drug labs to synthesize so-called “salts.”
According to experts, the substance in the barrels was 1-dimethylamino-2-chloropropane
The organizer of the criminal scheme has been taken into custody. He was charged under Part 4 of Article 229.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for smuggling precursors for the production of narcotic drugs on a particularly large scale. The maximum penalty under this article is life imprisonment
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