Police arrest Russian drug lord's wife

Ms. Bering Ekateria has been on the run from Interpol for nearly 3 years, posing as a spa employee at a 4-star hotel in Nha Trang City.

On the afternoon of July 7, Colonel Vo Duc Than - Head of the Criminal Investigation Department (PC52) of Khanh Hoa Police - said that Ms. Bering Ekateria (Russian nationality) had just been arrested according to the wanted decision of Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization).

The 47-year-old woman was accused by Moscow city authorities (Russia) of illegally producing, trading and storing drugs.

According to Interpol, Bering Ekateria is the wife of a drug lord in Moscow. In September 2013, the Russian Federal Security Service dismantled this network.Bering was found hiding drugs on her person. However, the woman later fled to Vietnam.

Russian woman at the police station. Photo: Xuan Ngoc.

Khanh Hoa Police's Wanted Criminal Police Department received the file from the Ministry of Public Security in June, after discovering the suspect.Bering Ekateriahiding in Nha Trang city.

This afternoon, a woman wearing pants and a shirt appeared at a luxury hotel apartment on Tran Phu Street, Loc Tho Ward, and many police officers rushed in to control her.

Bering Ekateria said he came to Nha Trang at the end of 2014 and worked as an employee at a 4-star hotel spa.

Khanh Hoa police are coordinating with the Ministry of Public Security to hand her over to the neighboring country.

According to VNE