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Sergei Kotelnikov is a 29-year-old former Russian soldier who was sentenced to life in prison in Russia for trafficking 600 kg of cocaine and using a false document. He had been in Salvador for less than a month when he was located by FICCO Bahia during Operation Artemis.
The Russian sentenced to life in prison for drug trafficking and using a false document, arrested in Salvador this Saturday (10), was identified as Sergei Kotelnikov, aged 29. According to the Public Security Secretariat (SSP-BA), he is a former military officer and had been in the capital of Bahia for less than a month.
Sergei Kotelnikov was sentenced to life in prison in his home country after being caught with 600 kg of cocaine and a false document.
The former soldier was located in the neighborhood of Águas Claras, in the capital of Bahia, during Operation Artemis, launched by the Integrated Force to Combat Organized Crime (FICCO) Bahia, with support from the Military Police integrated with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).
Former soldier Sergei Kotelnikov, aged 29, was arrested in Salvador – Photo: Reproduction/Social Networks
After being arrested, he was taken to the Federal Police headquarters in Salvador, where the communication process with the Russian Court will begin for the ex-soldier's extradition process.
"We intensified intelligence actions, after Interpol warned us about the possibility of him trying to hide in Bahia. He chose the wrong location and ended up arrested", said the Secretary of Public Security, Marcelo Werner.
According to the SSP-BA, the man was trying to sell weapons and ammunition to Brazilian factions when he was captured. Target of Interpol's Red Diffusion, the prisoner aimed to structure a network for the distribution of weapons, ammunition and drugs in Brazil.
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Sergei Kotelnikov will be extradited to Russia after legal procedures between Brazil and Russia.
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Russian Sergei Kotelnikov, 29, a former soldier sentenced to life in prison in Russia for trafficking 600 kg of cocaine and using a false document, was arrested in Salvador during Operation Artemis, launched by FICCO Bahia with support from the PM and Interpol. He was trying to structure a network to distribute weapons, ammunition and drugs in Brazil.

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