Authorities in Russia have detained a U.S. citizen at a Moscow airport on drug smuggling charges, Mash, a Telegram channel which has sources in Russia's security services reported on Friday.

Russian customs service detained a 28-year-old US citizen at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow for possession of cannabis-laced marmalade, according to Russian state media agency TASS.

A U.S. citizen arrested in Russia earlier this month on drug smuggling charges was released from Russian custody on Monday. Kalob Wayne Byers, 28, was detained on Feb. 7 at the Vnukovo airport in ...

Russia has detained another U.S. citizen, after customs officials found cannabis-laced marmalade in his luggage, Russian media said Friday, days after a Moscow-Washington prisoner swap that the ...

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U.S. citizens have repeatedly been detained under Russia's tough drug laws. In 2022, basketball player Brittney Griner was detained and sentenced to nine years in prison for bringing hash oil into ...