A former US military officer has been arrested in a Moscow court on dubitation of medicine trafficking. Travis Leek is a musician by profession. He’d been living in Russia for several times before his arrest, according to original media.
According to the press office of Moscow’s Khamovniki court, the Russian media reported that the US citizen will be detained until August 6 before the trial.
officers also said Leake’s friend, Valeria Grobaniuk, was preliminarily arrested on dubitation of involvement in the same case.
According to the American media CNN, the detained person was addressed as Michael Travis Leek in the statement given by the court. There, Leek was allegedly involved in medicine trafficking and allured youths to medicines.
before this week, police searched Leake’s apartment and set up suspected anesthetics and several Ziploc bags, Russia’s Ren TVreported.However, the former US military officer could face up to 12 times in captivity, If condemned.
Lik is an artist on Russian social media VK. He’s the voice of the Russian band’ Lovi Notch'( Catch the light). REN TV claims Leak shared in the US military operation in Iraq. He served in the US Army as a paratrooper.
before in 2022, the Russian agency arrested WNBA star Brittney Greer for allegedly having cannabis oil painting in her bag. He was jugged for nine times in August that time.
still, he was brought back home in December after Washington and Russia negotiated a internee exchange in Abu Dhabi. At that time, Russia freed a Russian citizen named Viktor Bout, who was locked for 25 times in a gun case.
American media CNN has met Leake’s family in the United States. Travis Leake’s mama heard the news of her son’s arrest. His mama claims that the Russian court misspelled her son’s name.
The US State Department has told the media that it’s” apprehensive” of Travis’ arrest. still, without making any specific commentary on this matter, they said,’ When a US citizen is detained in another country, politic cooperation is arranged as snappily as possible.’
before in 2014, he shared in a trip program called’ corridor Unknown’ on CNN. Host Anthony Bourdain picked him himself.
On that occasion of the show, Leake expressed his frustration with his band and MTV about suppression. The occasion was about how musicians can fight government corruption, abuse of power by speaking out. Leake expressed dismay at how a foreign government could mandate what the American people watch on their TVs.
The patron of this program was Darya Taraskova. He said,” Although Leake’s band wasn’t veritably popular, Travis and his musketeers spoke about freedom of expression in Russia.” Bourdain loved his interview.’
He also said,’ The last time we spoke to Travis was in 2018. He looked veritably disappointed also. still, he’s not supposed to do the medicine affiliated charges against Travis. Because he knows all too well what it means to be an American citizen in Russia. The fact that he was still living in Russia after the launch of the war surprised me. Because it’s veritably parlous.
