Russian customs brokers arrested a Russian-American lady at a Moscow airport for attempting to carry a gun into the nation in her suitcase, officers mentioned Friday.
Russia’s Federal Customs Service mentioned the lady, an unnamed twin citizen, was travelling from the USA 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 test value $138,000,” it mentioned on social media.
The Federal Customs Service of Russia mentioned on social media that officers had stopped her throughout a random management test within the inexperienced lane of the customs hall of the airport, utilized by passengers who don’t 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 USA — 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 towards her for smuggling firearms.
People arrested in Russia
Russia has imprisoned a number of People as tensions with Washington soared lately. Paul Whelan, Wall Avenue Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and trainer Marc Fogel had been all designated wrongfully detained by the U.S. authorities, together with twin U.S.-Russian nationwide Ksenia Karelina.
All 4 of these People 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 lowered in April by seven months.
Robert Gilman, 72, is presently serving a 3 1/2-year sentence in Russia for assaulting a police officer, and Travis Leake, a musician convicted on drug costs, was sentenced to 13 years in jail final summer time.
A Russian court docket sentenced one other 72-year-old American, Stephen Hubbard, to almost seven years in jail final October for preventing alongside Ukraine’s army.
American Joseph Tater was arrested in Russia in August 2024 after an obvious tussle with lodge employees after which forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital this April. He left Russia final month, state media reported, with out ever standing trial.
