Police officer. File photo MOSCOW, Oct 6 Russia extradited its citizen Pavel Tarassov to Estonia, who, along with his accomplices, is accused of transporting drugs worth 150,000 euros, Russian Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk told reporters on Thursday. She said that , according to the information of the Estonian side, Tarassov, together with his accomplices, imported the substance «alpha-PVP» into the Baltic Republic for subsequent sale. According to rough estimates, the gang, which included the accused, delivered drugs to Estonia for a total amount of at least 150 thousand euros in 2019. Tarassov fled from justice. He was put on the international wanted list through Interpol channels on charges of drug trafficking on a large scale. It was possible to detain the accused in May of this year in Moscow thanks to the interaction of the NCB Interpol of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia with Estonian law enforcement agencies. «The request for extradition was granted by the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, and today Pavel Tarassov was handed over to the Estonian police,» Volk said. «Alfa-PVP» — a synthetic drug, the use of which is fraught with serious damage to the psyche.
