Selling drugs and weapons in Denmark, building real estate in Serbia (PHOTO)

The organizer and members of a criminal group suspected of committing crimes related to the organization of criminal acts and money laundering have been detained in Russia, the Interior Ministry said.

The Service for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained the organizer, P.D. (44), and members of the criminal group, I.P.

Criminal proceedings were also initiated against two organizers from the group, a 40-year-old man and a 49-year-old man who are in custody in Denmark, as well as against a 51-year-old female member of the group who is abroad.

It is suspected that this organized criminal group organized the collection, transportation and sale of approximately 770 kilograms of psychoactive substances - drugs, mainly cocaine, as well as bought, stored, transferred and sold large quantities of weapons of various types and calibers and ammunition on Danish territory between 2019 and March 2021, thereby obtaining an illegal property benefit of approximately EUR 2,667,000.

With the money received, the defendants bought and built real estate in Serbia and financed a luxurious lifestyle.

According to the preliminary plan of the organizers of the group, the suspects transported cash from Denmark, converted and transferred it, falsely representing the facts about the origin of the money, bought real estate, investing in the construction of real estate in Serbia, concluded legal transactions for the purchase and sale of real estate and disposed of the newly acquired property for a total amount of approximately 2,217,000 euros, knowing that the property was the result of criminal activity.

During the search of apartments and other premises used by the suspects, a large amount of jewelry, luxury wristwatches, works of art, antiques, money of different currencies hidden in the ground, gold bars, weapons, business documentation and other luxury items were discovered and seized.

The preliminary investigation was conducted in cooperation with the competent authorities of the Kingdom of Denmark.

The suspects, with an accompanying criminal complaint, were transported to the appropriate prosecutor's office.