30 May 2013 11:50

Russia, U.S. work out operation to counter shipments of S. American cocaine to Russia

SOCHI. May 30 (Interfax) - Russian and U.S. special services have started an operation to liquidate a channel of delivering South American cocaine to Russia, Russian Federal Drug Control Agency (FSKN) Director Viktor Ivanov said.

"A joint operation to liquidate a serious channel of South American cocaine to Russia is being carried out," Ivanov said at a meeting of a working group for countering narcotic trafficking of the Russian-U.S. presidential commission.