Urals Customs Administration

Tyumen customs officers detained a 48-year-old resident of the city of Labytnangi. The Yamal resident was leaving the post office building with a parcel from China. When opening the cardboard box, the operatives found a polymer bag with a powdery, crystalline substance of white color. An expert confirmed that the contents were the potent substance pregabalin weighing one kilogram

The seizure was carried out jointly with officers of the Novo-Urengoy line department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia on transport, to whom all the materials collected by customs were handed over for investigation. A case was opened against the man under Part 1 of Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (smuggling of potent substances)

“The fight against illegal trafficking of prohibited and restricted substances is one of the main areas of work of the customs. In 2023, 4 kilograms of such substances were seized from circulation, which is 2 times more than in 2022. Operational units established 10 facts of illegal importation of prohibited and restricted substances by sending them in international mail. The goods were traveling from the Czech Republic and Kazakhstan. Another 5 violations were recorded at the customs post of Roshchino Airport. Passengers arriving from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey tried to carry capsules and pills containing potent substances in their luggage,” said Grigory Ksenofontov, Acting Deputy Head of Tyumen Customs