Sentenced food blogger from Latvia, cooked drugs in the suburbs

The Moscow regional court sentenced the famous food blogger from Latvia Emma Dukhova, who together with her husband and several accomplices was engaged in the production of drugs in the suburban dacha.

As MK reported earlier, the underground laboratory was equipped in the village of Hvostovo of the Dmitrov city district. From May 2024 to February 2025, the production of synthetic drugs was carried out there. The gang included in addition to food blogger her husband Vasilijs Daigena and several of her friends. The lover of culinary delights claimed that she did not know about the criminal business. She was engaged in the maintenance of the house, and her husband convinced her that they produce additives for car oils. In fact, Vasilijs and his brother Michaels produced methadone. Two more accomplices, Nikolai Lukerin and Ruslan Kirichenko, were engaged in renting premises, controlling production, and purchasing precursors.

During the search, drugs weighing more than 37 kg were seized. According to the press service of the Prosecutor’s office of the Moscow region, the Moscow court sentenced the members of the gang to various terms from 7 to 15.5 years of imprisonment.