OREANDA-NEWS  In the Toguchinsky district of the Novosibirsk region, the work of a drug laboratory was stopped. More than 16 kg of synthetic drugs were seized from the organizers, the FSB press service in the region told TASS on Thursday.

"Alpha-PVP narcotic drug weighing over 16 kg, chemical reagents and precursors, laboratory equipment were found and seized in a country house and garage belonging to the suspects. The dealers distributed the synthetic drugs produced through an online store on the territory of the Siberian Federal District," the department reported.

Employees of the FSB found that two unemployed citizens born in 1990 and 1985 in the garden society of the Toguchinsky district organized a laboratory for the production of drugs. In relation to the defendants, the investigative department of the FSB opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 5 of Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia "Illegal production, sale of narcotic drugs committed on a particularly large scale." The suspects were detained and taken into custody by a court decision.