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POLICE HAVE SEIZED nearly 400 kilos of cocaine from the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires and arrested several members of a drug trafficking gang, Argentina’s security minister announced.
Patricia Bullrich told a press conference that the drugs discovered in an annex of the embassy had a street value of around $50 million.
“A gang of narco-criminals was trying to use the diplomatic courier service of the Russian embassy to ship the drugs to Europe,” she said.
She told reporters that Russian and Argentine police had decided to mount a sting operation after the Russian ambassador informed them of the drugs find in December 2016.
“The cocaine was replace by flour and monitoring devices were placed to monitor delivery” of the 16 bags of the drug, Bullrich said. She said the sting had resulted in the arrest of five suspects — two in Argentina and three in Russia.
The drug, of “very high purity,” was destined for Russia and probably also Germany, where the suspected mastermind lives. “We believe the German police will arrest this fugitive,” Bullrich said.
The minister said Russian security service agents “came to Argentina on three occasions to assist in the investigation” that took more than a year.
One of the two people arrested in Argentina is a naturalized Russian who was a member of the police force in Buenos Aires, said Bullrich.
Investigators believe the cocaine likely originated in Colombia or Peru.
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Well Met Eireann did predict snow comming in from Russia this weekend ..
Good awl diplomatic immunity
4 Gardai there recently?
@James Lyons: Russian embassy wasnt entered without puntins say so u can be sure of that and anyone involved better hope they not handed back to Russia to deal with obviously a side line for someone in the embassy
@James Lyons: it’s just been revoked
@Mark Dawson: I’d say the embassy was the side gig
@J: but your but your south American…
Could this possibly be another:
“Russian doping scandal”?
Normally it is the CIA who do this?
Gwan Putin ye mad junkie, if there’s 400kg in the Russian embassy can ye imagine how much is in Trumps gaf
@DubKid: Putin’s the man
@DubKid: in he’s head, never mind he’s gaff!
McMafia
@Rear Admiral:
Good series.
@Rear Admiral: god bless yeh
Since we’ve no place to go
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
Maradona wont be happy.
их надоедливые русские
@Tom Harpur: As a speaker of Russian, I must say that Google Translate is awful at times.
@Brian Ó Dálaigh: Я не говорю по-русски.
Self awareness raising flour.
More FAKE News .
@noel: please enlighten us
@noel: dying to know why
leave harry and megan alone
According to Jeremy the Russians were always as pure as the driven snow.
Obviously it was destined for Prince Megan Marples.
B.S. 400Kg is $10m at Most
Dose bloody Russians
have your say