CNN —American citizen Travis Leake has been sentenced to 13 years in a penal colony in Russia, state media RIA Novosti reported Thursday, after he was detained on drug charges last year.
A Moscow court had accused the “former paratrooper and musician” of engaging in a narcotics business, according to RIA.
Leake pleaded not guilty to the charges, Russian state media TASS said.
From January to June 2023, Leake allegedly purchased narcotic drugs from an accomplice in another criminal case, Russian state media reported, citing Moscow’s prosecutor’s office.
A second person involved in the case was also found guilty and sentenced to time in a penal colony, Russian state media reported Thursday.
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