Another drug laboratory busted in Vitebsk

On May 28, an unemployed resident of Vitebsk, born in 1989, with a prior criminal record, was detained. During a personal search, a dangerous narcotic drug – hashish (weighing 0.8 grams) – was found in his possession.

He was detained by officers of the Department for Drug Control and Combating Human Trafficking of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, together with colleagues from the Oktyabrsky District Department of Vitebsk, during operational-search activities aimed at suppressing the supply channel of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances from the territory of the Russian Federation.

During a further search of a rented apartment, approximately 25 grams of the dangerous narcotic drug – hashish, 15 grams of amphetamine, 4 grams of

marijuana, as well as special laboratory equipment (flasks, coils, stands, compressor pumps for creating vacuum, plastic and glass containers, funnels, impulse and electronic scales, ventilation and heating systems, respirators, etc.) and precursors (acetone, bromine, hydrochloric acid, methylamine, benzene, sulfuric acid) intended for the manufacture of psychotropic substances were discovered.

The citizen has been detained. An investigation is underway.

Alexander Kazyuchits