Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said that the security forces of a number of countries blocked the distribution channel for synthetic drugs, destroyed 8 drug factories and confiscated “goods” worth 280 million rubles.

In a statement, he noted that “the security forces of Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, in cooperation with the security service of the Russian Post, conducted a joint operation, during which the work of an international criminal group that organized production and distribution was disrupted. Synthetic drug in large quantities on the territory of Russia and the countries of Central Asia.

Kolokoltsev stressed that “8 secret drug factories were liquidated. 600 liters of materials needed for the production of drugs and about 30 kilograms of drugs, or about 150,000 doses, were seized. The price of these drugs at black market prices exceeds 280 million rubles. The organizer was detained and members of the criminal group. The matter is under investigation.”