OREANDA-NEWS In Krasnodar, a former 42-year-old football player of the Russian national team, Alexey B., was detained with prohibited substances. 

According to the source, on the night of October 29, the athlete was stopped by the police and asked to show the contents of his pockets. There was a package with an unknown powder in the defendant's hoodie. The examination showed that it was mephedrone. In total, there were 500 grams in my pocket.

Now the man is arrested for seven days. A case has been initiated against him under the article on large-scale drug trafficking. The footballer faces up to 20 years in prison.

Earlier it became known that a man was found asleep among drugs in a taxi car in St. Petersburg.