Russia confirms it has detained a U.S. citizen suspected of drug offences, Ifax reports
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on February 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on February 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026

A U.S. citizen was detained in Russia for smuggling cannabis-laced marmalade, facing up to seven years in jail.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Customs Service confirmed on Friday that a 28-year-old U.S. citizen had been detained after customs officials found cannabis-laced marmalade in his luggage, the Interfax news agency reported.
Interfax reported that Russian police had initiated criminal proceedings against the individual for "smuggling of drugs in a significant amount".
Mash, a Telegram channel which has sources in Russia's security services reported earlier on Friday that the U.S. citizen, who it named only as K. Byers, had been detained on arrival at Moscow's Vnukovo airport and faced up to seven years in jail if found guilty of drugs charges by a court.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Maxim Rodionov; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
The detention of a U.S. citizen in Russia for drug smuggling charges.
Cannabis-laced marmalade was found in the luggage.
The individual could face up to seven years in jail if found guilty.
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