An American musician who has lived in Russia for more than a decade has been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, Russian news media reported Saturday.
The reports said Michael Travis Leake is suspected of selling mephedrone, whose effects are similar to those of cocaine and MDMA.He faces charges of production or distribution of drugs, which carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.under the name Travis Leake Instagram identifies him as the singer for the band Lovi Noch .
News reports said Leake is a former paratrooper with the US military and has lived in Moscow since 2010. The reports said Michael Travis Leake is suspected of selling mephedrone, whose effects are similar to those of cocaine and MDMA.News reports said Leake is a former paratrooper with the US military and has lived in Moscow since 2010.was arrested in February 2022 after vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage at a Moscow airport.
She was sentenced to nine years in prison, but was released in December in an exchange for US-imprisonedThe US State Department said in an emailed statement to The Associated Press that it was aware of the reports that a US citizen had recently been arrested in Moscow. An Instagram page under the name Travis Leake Instagram identifies him as the singer for the band Lovi Noch .It said when a US citizen is detained overseas, the department “pursues consular access as soon as possible and works to provide all appropriate consular assistance.”Share this article:
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