Penza, 16 August 2012. PenzaNews. Location of the head of the chemical-analytical laboratory of the Penza Scientific Research Institute of Agriculture Olga Zelenina who, according to her relatives, was detained by the staff of Russian Federal Drug Control Service (FDCS) on Wednesday, August 15, remains unknown.

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“We did not detain anyone, and have no idea who you are talking about,” said Alena Lobacheva, Officer of the Information and Public Relations Department of regional FDCS.

In turn, the husband of Olga Zelenina stressed that he had not seen his wife since her arrest.

“I do not know where she is now. I filed the application with a request to establish the location of Olga Zelenina and sent it to the regional offices of FDCS and Ministry of Internal Affairs. They were admitted on Wednesday night,” Igor Zelenin explained.

As reported earlier, on Wednesday, August 15, several people (some of them were masked and had weapons) raided the house of the expert Olga Zelenina. Later she was arrested. According to available data, Olga Zelenina is suspected of colluding with businessmen allegedly involved in illicit poppy cultivation.