Russian customs brokers arrested a Russian-American girl at a Moscow airport for making an attempt to carry a gun into the nation in her suitcase, officers mentioned Friday.
Russia’s Federal Customs Service mentioned the girl, an unnamed twin citizen, was travelling from the US by way of Turkey and was stopped at Moscow Vnukovo airport.
“Vnukovo customs officers stopped the unlawful import of a pistol and a financial institution verify price $138,000,” it mentioned on social media.
The Federal Customs Service of Russia said on social media that officers had stopped her throughout a random management verify within the inexperienced lane of the customs hall of the airport, utilized by passengers who would not have items to declare.
“The suitcase was discovered to comprise an American Colt Commander, .45 caliber with three empty magazines,” it mentioned, whereas posting a picture of the purported gun and magazines.
Federal Customs Service of Russia
The lady — who lives in the US — had mentioned she was “unaware of the necessity to declare the products,” it added.
Russia — which has strict gun legal guidelines — opened a prison case in opposition to her for smuggling firearms.
Individuals arrested in Russia
Russia has imprisoned a number of Individuals as tensions with Washington soared lately. Paul Whelan, Wall Road Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and instructor Marc Fogel have been all designated wrongfully detained by the U.S. authorities, together with twin U.S.-Russian nationwide Ksenia Karelina.
All 4 of these Individuals have been freed in prisoner swaps with Moscow.
Among the many U.S. nationals nonetheless jailed in Russia is U.S. Military Workers Sgt. Gordon Black, whose three-year, nine-month jail sentence for robbing and threatening his Russian girlfriend was diminished in April by seven months.
Robert Gilman, 72, is at the moment serving a 3 1/2-year sentence in Russia for assaulting a police officer, and Travis Leake, a musician convicted on drug prices, was sentenced to 13 years in jail final summer time.
A Russian courtroom sentenced another 72-year-old American, Stephen Hubbard, to almost seven years in jail final October for combating alongside Ukraine’s navy.
American Joseph Tater was arrested in Russia in August 2024 after an obvious tussle with lodge workers after which forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital this April. He left Russia final month, state media reported, with out ever standing trial.
