This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It is noted that on December 28, "during a joint operational event, officers of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Bryansk region in the regional center detained a suspect in the illegal sale of drugs."

During the search, "conducted jointly with police officers, more than 30 kilograms of synthetic drugs were seized in the detainee’s apartment."

As specified, the suspect is in custody.

It is reported that a criminal case has been instituted in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 228.1 of the Russian Criminal Code, “Large-scale illicit sale of narcotic drugs”.

Earlier, Realnoe Vremya reported that in Naberezhnye Chelny, they sentenced 17 members of a criminal group accused of selling drugs. Each of them received from 8 to 12 years in the colonies of general, strict and special regimes.