According to Press Release, two drug dealers, aged 28 and 29, confirmed guilty by a court under many articles including “Participation in a Criminal community”, “Illegal Sales of drugs on a large scale”, and “Money Laundering” have been sentenced to 8 to 11 years in prison with a maximum-security colony.
The sentences were made in Soviet and Volga courts of Astrakhan region on Monday 16 December 2019 after the court found the two culprits and other four defendants who are to appear in court later guilty of acquiring drug in large size through the internet and old them by keeping them in hidden places. It was also stated that the police retrieved about 11.5kg of illegal substances and packaging equipment.