Half A Metric Ton Of Cocaine Was Found At The Port Of St. Petersburg
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In the frozen tuna carcasses that were shipped from Ecuador.
At the Big Port of St. Petersburg 500 kg of cocaine were discovered at the Main Port of St. Petersburg, according to the FSB’s Public Relations Center. The drugs were hidden on the premises of the “Petrolesport” container terminal—inside frozen tuna carcasses that had been shipped from Ecuador.
A Russian citizen was detained on suspicion of involvement in the smuggling. Five cars worth $1.6 million (130 million rubles), 13 luxury wristwatches worth $1.3 million (104 million rubles), and devices with access to cryptocurrency wallets containing $613,000 (49 million rubles). A criminal case has been opened on charges of attempted drug trafficking on an especially large scale (Part 3 of Article 30, Part 5 of Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code). The suspect has been arrested.
Drugs from Latin America are regularly intercepted in St. Petersburg. On January 5, customs authorities reported the seizure at the port of 40 kg of cocaine that had arrived on a cargo ship. A record-breaking shipment was seized at the same location on August 29, 2025: 1,515 kg of the drug were found in a container of bananas that had arrived on a ship from Ecuador. The estimated black-market value of such a shipment is over 20 billion rubles. In July, 820 kg of cocaine were also discovered at the port, and in May, 61 kg. Additionally, in July, an Ecuadorian citizen was detained while attempting to sell 23 kg of the drug.
Cocaine trafficking in Russia has surged since the start of the war with Ukraine. In 2024, customs authorities seized 2.8 metric tons of the drug, compared to 409.96 kg in 2023 and 88.28 kg in 2022, according to official statistics. At the same time, the police and the FSB confiscated 3.7 metric tons of cocaine within Russia. In 2023, the amount of drugs seized totaled 1.5 metric tons, and in 2022, 300 kg.
Valery Pikalev /b>, head of the Federal Customs Service, reported that in 2025, customs officials intercepted more than 34 metric tons of narcotic substances, but he did not specify how much of that amount was cocaine.
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