Moscow has detained an American musician, rock band manager and former US paratrooper on suspicion of drug trafficking, state media claims.
Travis Leake, 51, who has lived in Russia for a decade, has been locked up for two months after a court ordered his detention on what Russian state media said was the suspicion of the illegal production, sale or shipment of narcotics on a large scale.
Leake, who has worked as a singer or producer of several Russian rock bands and has been associated with Lovi Noch - ‘Seize the Night’ - band, faces charges which carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
