In Shatur, an underground drug laboratory was liquidated

According to the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Moscow region, in Shatura, police officers discovered and liquidated an underground laboratory for the manufacture of prohibited substances. A 42-year-old resident was arrested. According to law enforcement officers, the man equipped a workshop in the basement of his own house in the village of Novoshino. He worked under the remote guidance of curators, and the components received through caches.

When inspecting the house and the car, operatives seized two bundles of crystalline matter, more than 40 canisters of liquids, five containers with vegetable raw materials and a bush similar to a banned plant. Laboratory dishes, scales and protective equipment were also found. The examination confirmed that the contents of the bundles are a derivative of a prohibited substance with a total weight of more than three kilograms.

The detainee said that he produced up to two kilograms of products every month and sold them through hiding places in the forest near the laboratory. A criminal case has been opened. The court sent the defendant into custody. The remaining seized materials will be investigated during the investigation.