Russian public television began broadcasting a reporter detained in Sochi - A special letter

Guide Russian Public Television (OTP) had applied to the police department Sochi to confirm the detention of journalists and television to report the circumstances of the case.

This statement says CEO OTP Anatoly Lysenko, received today at the disposal of the ITAR-TASS news agency. It provides, inter alia, states that “Nicholas Yarst – freelance correspondent Public Television in Sochi, Russia. Most recently, he worked on the creation of materials for the channel. ” “Yesterday, Nicholas was arrested by the police of the city of Sochi. At the moment, we have sent an official request to the police department of the city of Sochi, that we have confirmed the arrest and said the circumstances of the case. Let us understand the situation ».

became known that the detainees in Sochi journalists OTP filed criminal charges of drug possession. As reported in the press center of the city police department, the car with the crew was stopped at the Holiday Avenue for a traffic violation. “The behavior of the driver and the passenger seemed suspicious to the police and they asked me to present the car for inspection on the driver replied categorical refusal. This behavior of citizens gave reason to believe that a car can be objects and substances prohibited for civil circulation. It was decided in the presence of witnesses to inspect the car. When conducting inspections, inside the car was found a bundle with the matter particle mixture of green and brown “, – said the police. It was found that this substance in an amount of 2.95 g is a mixture of green and brown containing drug JWH-018, which is a synthetic narcotic drug analogue kanabioidov.

As previously explained in a telephone interview one of the detainees, a correspondent Nicholas Yarst OTP, the film crew went on an official car on the instructions of the publisher. “At the intersection of Holiday Avenue and Street Theatre our car was stopped by the police. They said that it (the car) is the orientation. Then, after conducting searches, we presented a package with something unknown, “- said Yarst.