A citizen of Uzbekistan was sentenced to 11 years in a high-security prison for drug trafficking in Russia.

In the Chelyabinsk region of Russia, a 21-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan has been sentenced to 11 years in a high-security penal colony for drug trafficking, reports "Tsargrad."

The court established that in 2024, the young man conspired with an unidentified individual and was involved in placing drug caches in the territory of Chelyabinsk.

Following his arrest by law enforcement, he was found guilty under Russian criminal law.