Ex-employee of the US Embassy suspected of selling drugs at school

MThe Interior Ministry said that, according to one version, the former diplomat was going to sell drugs to students of the Anglo-American school where he worked. The American himself said that medical marijuana was found in his possession

Ex-US Embassy employee suspected of selling drugs at school

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A former employee of the US Embassy in Russia, Mark Vogel, has been arrested on charges of smuggling and drug possession, said Elena Babanova, the head of the press service of the transport department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Central Federal District. Vogel was detained in the summer of 2021 in Sheremetyevo.

The police said that Vogel was detained at Sheremetyevo airport, where he flew from New York. “The reason was the reaction to his luggage of service dogs who are trained to detect prohibited substances. During customs control, marijuana and hashish oil were found in the foreigner’s luggage,” the report says.

Vogel hid marijuana in contact lens packaging, and cannabis oil in cartridges for electronic cigarettes.

A criminal case has been initiated against an American citizen under Part 3 of Article 229.1 and Part 2 of Article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Since there was a possibility that he would hide on the territory of the US Embassy, the Khimki City Court decided to place him in custody.

As indicated in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mark Vogel is currently a teacher at the Anglo-American school. He had diplomatic status until May 2021.

“According to one of the versions of the investigation, the person involved could have used it to organize a channel for the supply of narcotic drugs to Russia for the purpose of subsequent sale among the students of the specified school,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

The US Embassy in Russia told RBC that they are monitoring the situation.

“Interfax” wrote in early December that members of the Public Monitoring Commission found Vogel in one of the capital’s pre-trial detention centers. The American himself claimed that he was detained back in August 2021 for transporting 17 grams of marijuana. At the same time, the former diplomat said that marijuana was medical (to alleviate the consequences of spinal surgery) and he had a prescription written by a doctor.

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