Underground drug lab technician from Voronezh region sentenced to 18 years

The FSB has identified an illegal home drug laboratory in the Voronezh region. The accused was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.

In the Borisoglebsk city district, employees of the FSB of Russia in the Voronezh region, together with police officers, identified and suppressed the activities of an underground drug laboratory. This was reported by the press service of the regional FSB.

When trying to sell a batch of banned substances, the security forces detained a 27-year-old Russian citizen. Illegal production of drugs on an especially large scale, the young man organized in the house he rented. He sold the goods through bookmarks throughout the Voronezh region.

During the search in the laboratory, law enforcement agencies seized about 1.2 kg of mephedrone from illegal trafficking. In addition, more than 20 kg of precursors – raw materials and intermediates – as well as equipment used to make synthetic drugs were confiscated.

In relation to the detainee, criminal cases were opened under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation:

The court gave the accused a guilty verdict. As a punishment, he was sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment with serving in a strict regime colony, as well as a fine of 200,000 rubles.