The FSB’s three arrived to Argentina in connection with the “cocaine case”
Employees of FSB of Russia came three times to Argentina and exchanges with Argentine colleagues information about the work of a criminal group that tried to bring in Russia, cocaine from Argentina, said the Minister of security of Argentina Patricia Bullrich RT.
“It was verified operation. Imagine that employees of the Federal security service of Russia came to Argentina three times. We exchanged information about how the organization worked in Argentina, in Russia,” — said Bullrich.
According to her, the smuggling was preparing a shipment of cocaine worth almost 60 million euros.
“Achieved mutual trust allowed them to eliminate the criminal organization. Done joint work has given us great confidence. For us all this opens a very large door and a window to work with Russia”, — said Bullrich.
The Argentine authorities earlier reported that during a joint operation of special services of Russia and Argentina managed to stop the delivery to Moscow of 389 kilograms of cocaine and arrest in Argentina a few people, including members of the local police and a native of Russia. FSB reported on the drug bust at 362 pounds. Bags of drugs found on school property at the Russian Embassy, about the discovery of the Argentine police told Russian diplomats.
The organizer of the group involved in the smuggling of cocaine from Argentina, hiding in Germany, he declared internationally wanted by Interpol, said on Monday the public relations Center of Federal security service of the Russian Federation. The Tver court of Moscow arrested in absentia Andrey Kovalchuk as one of the defendants in the case about the attempt of drug smuggling from Argentina. According to the newspaper La Nacion, the helper, whom the publication calls “Mr. C.”, lives in Berlin, he was born in 1968 and works as a sales representative tobacco company Habanos.