Two criminals who had been hiding since 2018 were detained in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

      During searches, they found fake documents and a large batch of drugs. Two criminals who had been hiding since 2018 were detained in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Photo: Svetlana MAKOVEEVA. Go to the Photo Bank of KP. In the Nizhny Novgorod region, employees of the search department of the Federal Penitentiary Service, together with police officers, detained a man and a woman who had been on the federal wanted list since 2018 due to other territorial bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. This was reported by the agency's press service. After the detention, law enforcement officers conducted searches at the suspects' residences. There, they discovered fake documents, as well as drugs in particularly large quantities – the total weight of the seized banned substances amounted to several hundred grams. A criminal case has been initiated against the detainees. They will have to answer for several articles of the criminal legislation. According to law enforcement, taking into account the totality of the incriminated crimes, the maximum punishment may exceed 20 years of imprisonment. Evgenia FROLOVA

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      A couple from the federal wanted list with a large batch of drugs was detained in Nizhny. In the Prioksky district of Nizhny Novgorod, a 32-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, who were on the federal wanted list for drug trafficking, were detained. 19:56 06.07.2026 Open Nizhny - Nizhny Novgorod

      Two criminals who had been hiding since 2018 were detained in the Nizhny Novgorod region. During searches, they found fake documents and a large batch of drugs. Two criminals who had been hiding since 2018 were detained in the Nizhny Novgorod region. 16:52 06.07.2026 Komsomolskaya Pravda - Nizhny Novgorod

      Nizhny Novgorod law enforcement officers detained individuals on the federal wanted list. Nizhny Novgorod law enforcement officers detained two people who were on the federal wanted list. 16:52 06.07.2026 NTA-Privolzhye - Nizhny Novgorod

      Employees of the search department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod region detained a group of criminals on the federal wanted list. Employees of the search department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod region, together with employees of the Center for Counteracting Extremism and employees of the Department of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod region, 16:26 06.07.2026 Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia - Nizhny Novgorod

      Drug dealers on the federal wanted list were detained in Nizhny Novgorod. Photo: Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Nizhny Novgorod region. In Nizhny Novgorod, employees detained a man and a woman who had been hiding from justice for several years. 16:15 06.07.2026 NIA Nizhny Novgorod - Nizhny Novgorod

      In Nizhny Novgorod, police detained two citizens who were on the federal wanted list for drug crimes. Employees of the 5th department of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod region, together with colleagues from the Center for Counteracting Extremism, in cooperation with colleagues from the search department of the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service, 15:23 06.07.2026 Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Nizhny Novgorod region - Nizhny Novgorod

      Two people on the federal wanted list were caught in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Two people who had been on the federal wanted list since 2018 were detained in the Nizhny Novgorod region. 14:48 06.07.2026 Nizhny Novgorod Truth - Nizhny Novgorod

      News from neighboring regions on the topic:

      In Murino, a woman transporting more than three kilograms of drugs was detained. According to investigators, she was supposed to transport a large batch of drugs to another region of Russia. Police officers intercepted a channel for the interregional transportation of a large batch of synthetic drugs. 15:06 06.07.2026 Online47.Ru - Leningrad Region

      In St. Petersburg, a woman with three kilograms of drugs was detained. In St. Petersburg, police officers detained a 39-year-old resident of the Sverdlovsk region, suspected of illegal drug trafficking. 14:07 06.07.2026 IA Public News Service - Moscow

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