
Device may reveal details about the weapons and drugs network that Sergei Kotelnikov intended to structure in Brazil
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Sergei Kotelnikov was sentenced to life in prison in Russia for trafficking 600 kg of cocaine and using a false document.
The cell phone of Russian Sergei Kotelnikov, 29, arrested in Salvador on Saturday (10), was seized by the Bahian police and will undergo forensic examination before being sent to Russia. The device could help clarify information related to the weapons, ammunition and drug distribution network that he intended to structure in Brazil.
According to the Public Security Secretariat of Bahia (SSP-BA), Kotelnikov was sentenced to life in prison in Russia after being caught with 600 kg of cocaine and a false document. He is also suspected of trying to sell weapons and ammunition to Brazilian criminal factions.
According to SSP-BA, the Russian had been in Bahia for less than a month when he was located. He speaks little English, used a translation app to communicate and was in a rented house in Salvador.
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