“We missed the moment of working with these people, who, unfortunately, are very often involved in criminal activities ... What a sin to conceal, we must speak directly about it: they are professionally engaged in drug trafficking,” TASS quotes him.
According to Putin, the current situation is a problem of the whole society, a problem of the effectiveness of the work of law enforcement officers.
In September, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, speaking at the 38th conference of the Association of National Police of the ASEAN countries in Brunei, said that one of the priorities of Russia and its partners is the fight against drug trafficking.