84 Foreign Nationals Detained in Belarus for Drug Trafficking

Reform.news Editorial Team · 13 October 2026, 11:20

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A total of 84 foreign nationals have been detained in Belarus for involvement in drug-related crimes. Valery Rabtsau, head of the analytical intelligence department of the Main Directorate for Drug Control and Combating Human Trafficking of the Belarusian Interior Ministry’s criminal police, said this at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conference “For a World Without Drugs” in Bishkek.

According to AKIpress, Ryabtsev said that 69 of the 84 foreign nationals detained in connection with drug trafficking were citizens of CIS countries, including Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.