In Russia, Vice-Rector of the Russian Customs Academy Zalim Kerefov, who was arrested in a drug trafficking case, committed suicide in a pre-trial detention center in Noginsk, Moscow Region, Ukrinform reports..

" At night, a man cut his veins with a blade from a disposable razor. Kerefov left a suicide note where he regretted what he had done,"

Vice-rector's lawyer Alexei Tsyganov told the Russian media that the criminal case against Kerefov will be closed on non-rehabilitating grounds. At the same time, he expressed confidence that his client "

The Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case of negligence against employees of the pre-trial detention center in Noginsk, the Moscow Region department of the department reports..

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Kerefov was detained on July 5, during a search several kilograms of synthetic drugs were seized from him.. According to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the Vice-Rector purchased 2 kg of drugs, packaged them into smaller batches, and then began selling them via the dark web..

Earlier it was reported that Russia exchanged an American student for a drug-trafficking pilot. The exchange took place with the assistance of Turkey.