Detainees found 30 million Venezuelan bolivars
Head of the consular Department of Russia in Sao Paulo Andrey Petrov said that the Embassy has sent a number of requests to judicial and police authorities of Brazil in the case of a group of Russians who were detained with large amounts of Venezuelan bolivars, according to RIA Novosti.
According to Petrov, in Manaus under house arrest five Russian citizens and one Ukrainian. It is noted that previously known about the three Russians and Ukrainians.
The police of Brazil examines the relationship between the two groups — detained in may and detained in June-July.
“We sent requests to the relevant authorities — the court, leading the case, their counsel in the office of the public defenders… to Intervene in the proceedings I can not but show the Brazilian side that perhaps violations there — I can do that” — said Petrov.
According to preliminary data, the Russian businessman Artem Semenov and his three friends — Arthur Balls his civil wife Love Kazarinova and Ukrainian Mikhail Bilko — were arrested in Manaus with 30 million Venezuelan bolivars, which they, according to investigators, was going to move to Europe. They are charged with violation of the procedure for the import of currency into the country.
