“In connection with the initiation of a criminal case by Moscow customs on the fact of ordering on the Internet and the acquisition of foreign medications containing psychotropic substances, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office instructed the Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor's Office to study the materials of the said case and the legality of the procedural decision,” Tatarstan spokeswoman Ekaterina Korotkova said. .
In addition, the prosecutor’s office will verify the grounds on which the acquisition of these drugs was not possible in the manner prescribed by law.
Earlier, employees of the Central Customs Administration opened a criminal investigation into the illegal import of psychotropic substances across the border.
At the same time, the department clarified that the woman detained on this fact is going through the case as a witness.
On August 16, it became known that a woman was detained in Moscow upon receipt by mail of the potent anticonvulsant drug Frizium, not registered in Russia, for her seriously ill son.
Subsequently, the Ministry of Health announced the beginning of a test of the effectiveness of this drug.