MOSCOW, Jan 27The transport police have revealed the details of the criminal case against the former American diplomat Mark Vogel. Details were reported to RIA Novosti in the press service of the UT of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Central Federal District. «Investigators of the Investigation Department of the UT of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Central Federal District continue to investigate the criminal case initiated against US citizen Mark Vogel. The former American diplomat is accused of smuggling and storing narcotic drugs on a large scale «, — noted in the department. In December 2021, the media, citing the PMC, reported that there was a US citizen in the Moscow pre-trial detention center. The American embassy reported that they were aware of the arrest of the situation. As it became known now, Vogel and his wife flew to Moscow from New York, at the Sheremetyevo airport customs officers found marijuana and hash oil on him. The drugs were disguised: marijuana was packaged in contact lens cases, and cannabis oil was in e-cigarette cartridges. All this was wrapped in polyethylene and hidden in sneakers.The US Embassy is «aware» of reports of the arrest of an American in Russia «A US citizen was detained, a criminal case was initiated against him on the grounds of a crime under part 3 of article 229.1 and part 2 of article 228 of the Criminal Code. Since the suspect could hide from the investigation on the territory of the embassy, The Khimki city court chose a measure of restraint in the form of detention for him,» the press service of the department said. she takes a package out of the house and throws it in the trash, and later takes it outside the residential complex. Mark Vogel worked as a teacher at the Anglo-American school, and before that, as an employee of the US Embassy in Moscow. Until May 2021, like his wife, he had diplomatic status. According to one version of the investigation, the person involved could use it to organize a channel for the supply of drugs to Russia in order to sell it to students. American went on hunger strike in Moscow
