The Permanent Representative of Crimea to the Presidency of the Russian Federation, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic, Georgy Muradov, said that two Russian sailors, who were detained in Alexandria, Egypt, in the case of possibly illegal drug possession and were later released, were released. Arrested, he returned to his homeland in Crimea. It has been reported DEA News.
“The sailors are already in Kerch. On the 25th (February) we put them on a train (in Moscow) and they arrived at their home in Kerch tonight,” Muradov said.
Court in Egypt elongated The detention period of the pedigree captain and second officer is 45 days.
Prior to this, the Consulate General of the Russian Federation said that Russian diplomats were closely interested in the situation regarding the Soy cargo ship detained in Alexandria, Egypt. The crew has access to all necessary medicines, their state of health is not a concern.
Previously, “drugs containing narcotic substances” were on board. The ship was unloaded in the port of Alexandria on 4 November. The crew is suspected of carrying tramadol, an opioid synthetic analgesic that is prohibited from being imported into Egypt.