Galen Grandstaff (center)Photo: Anna Grandstaff

Against American Galen Grandstaff, who teaches at Moscow English language, filed a case of smuggling of psychotropic drugs on a large scale (part 3 of the article 229.1 of the criminal code) because of the order in the online store cleaning products. On Tuesday, August 21, reports “Russian service bi-Bi-si”.

In the summer of 2017 Grandstaff and his wife Anna ordered from China store peptides for cell regeneration and cleaning agent for metal. According to Anna Grandstaff, in 1994 her husband was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract. In one study he read that peptides relieve the symptoms of diseases. After this he began to take them regularly.

The package they brought home a man who introduced himself as a courier from EMS. Later it turned out that he was a customs officer involved in the operation “controlled delivery”. In the box is of the order were two bottles of mineral water “Senezhsky” and the “Customs”magazine.

A detergent contained gamma-butyrolactone is included in the list of prohibited on the territory of Russia of drugs, it can be used as a psychotropic substance. Because of this, in respect of Galen Grandstaff opened a criminal case, the court sent him to jail, where he is more than a year.

According to the publication, the examination showed that Galen had not previously received psychotropic substances, therefore, the investigation believes that the American ordered remedy to build muscle, because it contained a substance increases the level of growth hormone. The wife denies that her husband was fond of sports.

“He’s not a bodybuilder, he was 52 years, and he’s got a plate in my neck, which eliminates the increased load,” said Anna Grandstaff.

She also insists that her husband ordered the facility to use it for its intended purpose — to clean the moonshine and can you drink alcohol own production. According to the woman, Galen Grandstaff had not discussed with the seller of the funds and did not know what it contains in Russia banned substance.

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