In Tambov, a 22-year-old foreigner was caught with thirty matching “powder”

The Leninsky district court of Tambov found guilty 22-year-old citizen of a foreign state of attempted illegal sale of drugs on a large scale. This was reported in the Prosecutor’s office of the Tambov region.

As established during the investigation, the young man arrived in the region with the aim of distributing prohibited substances in a non-contact way – through caches-bookmarks using Internet resources. In January, employees of the drug control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the city of Tambov detained him red-handed. During a personal search, 30 packages with a powdered substance were seized from the detainee.

The criminal case was investigated by the investigative unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and after the accusation was confirmed, it was sent to the court. The state prosecution was supported by the deputy prosecutor of the Tambov region.

In court, the defendant fully admitted guilt and repented of what he had done. The court sentenced him to 8 years of imprisonment with serving in a correctional colony of strict regime. The sentence has not yet entered into force and can be appealed.