Uzbek man was sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficking in Russia

A 23-year-old Uzbek national has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for selling synthetic drugs in Russia, according to "Gazeta.ru."

During a series of search operations, the Narcotics Control Department of the Astrakhan Regional Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs identified several suspects involved in illegal drug sales. Among those apprehended in the Stavropol Territory and taken to Astrakhan were three individuals from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.

The Investigative Department of the Astrakhan region reported that the court delivered its verdict to the arrested suspects. The evidence presented by the first department of the Investigation Department for critical cases was deemed sufficient to convict the 23-year-old Uzbek man.

Investigations revealed that the Uzbek man used the Internet to purchase drugs for illegal distribution. While setting up plantations in Astrakhan, he unintentionally allowed a more potent drug to be substituted, resulting in the local population consuming dangerously high doses.

A search of the man's residence uncovered 300 grams of narcotics.

The court sentenced him to 20 years in a high-security penal colony.

Earlier, in Kyrgyzstan, authorities dismantled an international drug trafficking gang that had been facilitating the supply of drugs from Tajikistan.