Russia seizes 492 kg of cocaine from Latin America

MOSCOW, May 11– Russia’s Federal Security Service said on Thursday that it had seized a total of 492 kg of cocaine at the Russian-Belarusian state border. During an inspection in the Smolensk region, FSB officers found 116 packages of drugs in a heavy vehicle and an additional 373 packages in another automobile, the agency said in a statement.

MOSCOW, May 11 (Xinhua) — Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday that it had seized a total of 492 kg of cocaine at the Russian-Belarusian state border.

During an inspection in the Smolensk region, FSB officers found 116 packages of drugs in a heavy vehicle and an additional 373 packages in another automobile, the agency said in a statement.

The cocaine from Latin America was headed for Poland, the FSB said, adding that a criminal case had been initiated against a foreign citizen who was caught red-handed. Enditem