Russian diplomatic plane busted with a cargo of cocaine in Argentina

[JPK]

Anyone know anything about this? Supposedly this Russian federal diplomatic aircraft, an IL96, was discovered to have quite a load of cocaine on board. It was busted in Argentina before a scheduled departure for Russia. Looks to have happened about a week or so ago. Read about it on a web site (en.crimerussia.com). Looks like the Russian mafia may be drug runners too. Putin is the Russian "El Chapo". I suppose it would make sense they would be running drugs with the need to launder all that money. I wonder if this may trickle down to Trump.

[Lulu KC]

1. Yes, I read about that

and couldn't remember much so I googled russia argentina cocaine and there is a lot there from NYT and elsewhere. This one was kind of interesting:
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-argentina-cocaine-smuggling-embassy-suspect-blames-cia/29067554.html

[KY_EnviroGuy]

2. This from the BBC...

See: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43165706

(snip)
Argentina's security ministry says it has foiled a plot to use the Russian embassy's diplomatic courier service to smuggle cocaine to Europe. Police seized nearly 400kg of the drug from diplomatic luggage in an embassy annex after being told about it by the Russian ambassador in December 2016.
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[JPK]

3. Ok......

Interesting though. Still it sounds kind fishy.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. More info...

This one is a little more recent that I just found with some good follow-up info:

See: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/03/senor-k-drug-smuggling-argentina-russia-germany

It's amazing to read about the complex webs these crooks weave, thinking they will never get caught!

[sarah FAILIN]

5. Another one?

I heard they found a bunch at the embassy. Wonder if it's the same?

[eppur_se_muova]

6. A few posts about it here at DU ...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016202116

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141995829

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210275824