An Embassy, 850 Pounds of Cocaine and Now 6 Arrests
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An Embassy, 850 Pounds of Cocaine and Now 6 Arrests
22, 2018
PINAMAR, Argentina — A former Russian diplomatic worker
and an Argentine police officer were among six people arrested on Thursday after a 14-month investigation triggered by the discovery of hundreds of pounds of cocaine at the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires.
She said the seizure of 389 kilograms of cocaine, more than 850 pounds, was made at a school on the grounds of the embassy in December
2016, leading to an investigation by Argentine border guards, the Buenos Aires police and the Russian Interior Ministry.
Arriving hours later, at 2 a.m., the guards confirmed the contents of the bags
and took them to a separate location, where they replaced the cocaine with flour they bought at 3 a.m. at a wholesale food market outside Buenos Aires, Ms. Bullrich said.
Mr. K’s contact at the embassy was Ali Abyanov, a former embassy official who was detained at his apartment in Moscow on Thursday, Ms. Bullrich said.
The Russian ambassador to Argentina, Víktor Koronelli,
and three members of Russia’s Federal Security Service alerted Ms. Bullrich on Dec. 13, 2016, to what they thought were 16 pieces of luggage filled with drugs.
K." This person, who supplied the drugs to an embassy contact for shipping to Russia, remains
at large in Germany, where there is an international order for his arrest, Ms. Bullrich said.
22, 2018
PINAMAR, Argentina — A former Russian diplomatic worker
and an Argentine police officer were among six people arrested on Thursday after a 14-month investigation triggered by the discovery of hundreds of pounds of cocaine at the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires.
She said the seizure of 389 kilograms of cocaine, more than 850 pounds, was made at a school on the grounds of the embassy in December
2016, leading to an investigation by Argentine border guards, the Buenos Aires police and the Russian Interior Ministry.
Arriving hours later, at 2 a.m., the guards confirmed the contents of the bags
and took them to a separate location, where they replaced the cocaine with flour they bought at 3 a.m. at a wholesale food market outside Buenos Aires, Ms. Bullrich said.
Mr. K’s contact at the embassy was Ali Abyanov, a former embassy official who was detained at his apartment in Moscow on Thursday, Ms. Bullrich said.
The Russian ambassador to Argentina, Víktor Koronelli,
and three members of Russia’s Federal Security Service alerted Ms. Bullrich on Dec. 13, 2016, to what they thought were 16 pieces of luggage filled with drugs.
K." This person, who supplied the drugs to an embassy contact for shipping to Russia, remains
at large in Germany, where there is an international order for his arrest, Ms. Bullrich said.