Former Russian national football player Alexei Bugaev’s lawyer, Ekaterina Maklichenko, announced that there are inconsistencies in her client’s drug sales case. Maklichenko quotes his words “Sports Express”.
“We found many inconsistencies in the case and we are submitting a petition to the investigators to exclude the police officers’ report from the evidence because allegedly the PSC officers stopped him and they were PPS officers. We are identifying the police officers so that they can be questioned. Maklichenko said: “We will now face the investigation that is really misled by unscrupulous agents “We hope,” he said.
On November 1, the Shot Telegram channel reported that Bugaev was detained with 500 grams of mephedrone. A criminal case was opened against the football player, especially for large-scale drug trafficking. He faces up to 20 years in prison. Bugaev also admitted to working as a drug courier and placing bookmarks near the Kuban Agricultural University.
In his professional career, Alexey Bugaev played for Lokomotiv, Krasnodar, Tom, Khimki and Torpedo. The defender played seven matches with the Russian national team and did not score a goal. He decided to quit football in 2010, when he was 29 years old.
Formerly Bugaev’s lawyer saidHe said his client was using drugs.