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Elizabeth Urban

American Citizen Freed From Russian Prison After Being Detained Over Cannabis-Laced Marmalade

An American citizen has been freed from Russian prison after being arrested for allegedly carrying cannabis-laced marmalade into the country by plane. (Credit: ROMAN ODINTSOV; ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Pexels; Getty Images)

An American citizen has been freed from Russian prison less than two weeks after being detained over having cannabis-laced marmalade in a Moscow airport.

The man's mother wrote in a Facebook post that Kalob Byers, 28, had been freed from prison and was waiting to take a flight home at the US Embassy.

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