Police: No shooting in Minsk's Bangalore Square
Drug enforcement agents and police commandos last night detained a drug dealer in a joint operation that did not involve shoot-outs.
The Minsk Police Department's Press Office says five young men were detained in the night of June 5 in Bangalore Square in Minsk on suspicion of drug trafficking.
Earlier reports suggested that a black Mercedes had allegedly been shot at and the driver was deada. Police have refuted those reports.
According to the police, a 17-year-old drug dealer was driving around Minsk in a Mercedes. The police blocked his vehicle in Bangalore Square. They used special devices to break through the bullet-proof windows. The driver and his passeners, aged between 17 and 20 years old, were detained with evidence of illegal drucg dealing during the transaction. The police say over 20 grams of psychotropic substances were confiscated during the operation.
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