In the security Council of the Russian Federation has denied the rumors about the participation of the aircraft Patrushev in anti-drug operations
Moscow. 25 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — IN the apparatus of the security Council of Russia has denied messages of some mass media that the plane of the Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev was involved in the operation to curb the supply of cocaine from Argentina to Europe.
“This is someone’s fantasy and fake. The aircraft is not used for the carriage of diplomatic mail, diplomatic cargo,” — said “Interfax” on Sunday a source in the apparatus of the security Council of the Russian Federation.
In addition, according to the interlocutor of Agency, in the publications of Western media are incorrect the date of the visit of Patrushev in Argentina.
According to the foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation, law enforcement agencies of Russia and Argentina conducted a joint operation to curb the supply chain of large quantities of cocaine to Europe. Drug discovered ready to ship a year and a half ago in one of the auxiliary buildings of the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires. The cocaine belonged to have completed by the time a business trip to employee technical staff of enterprises.
The foreign Ministry said that during the operation to prevent the delivery of detained citizens of Russia and Argentina.
Meanwhile, according to Western media, during the operation, nearly 400 kilos of cocaine were replaced with flour. According to the media, to set members of a criminal group, by agreement of the intelligence services, the cargo was delivered to Moscow by plane Patrushev. Secretary of the security Council of the Russian Federation was on a visit to Argentina last December.
Earlier, the Russian foreign Ministry denied media reports that are discovered in a building belonging to the Russian Embassy, cocaine was preparing to send Russian diplomatic mail.