Actor Yanichev was detained in the center of Moscow

Theater and film actor Alexei Yanichev was detained in the center of Moscow, cocaine was found with him. This was reported in the operational services of the capital.

"37-year-old Yanichev was detained for Pokrovka. With him, law enforcement officers found a package with an unknown substance. It was seized and sent for examination, which showed that the seized is cocaine," the source told reporters.

According to him, the actor admitted that the drugs belong to him. A criminal case has been opened under Part 1 of Article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal acquisition, storage, transportation, manufacture, processing of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues).

Yanichev is known for the films "Blind", "Voices of Departed souls".