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🚨BREAKING: President Trump has secured the release of another American, 28-year-old Kalob Byers, from Russian custody, confirmed by the Kremlin.
Benny Johnson on Twitter X ^ | February 17, 2025 | Benny Johnson

Posted on 02/17/2025 9:11:17 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson

🚨BREAKING: President Trump has secured the release of another American, 28-year-old Kalob Byers, from Russian custody, confirmed by the Kremlin.

10:46 AM · Feb 17, 2025

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kalobbyers; prisoner; russia; trump
I wonder what this guy did to get put in a Russian slammer?
1 posted on 02/17/2025 9:11:17 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Russia can release these guys all day long because it is so easy to falsely arrest another American tomorrow to be a bargaining chip.


2 posted on 02/17/2025 9:16:10 AM PST by ChronicMA
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To: Macho MAGA Man

A Moscow court has ordered a U.S. citizen suspected of drug smuggling held in pre-trial detention for 30 days, the Moscow courts press service said Saturday, days after a Moscow-Washington prisoner swap that the White House called a diplomatic thaw and a step toward ending the fighting in Ukraine.

The U.S. citizen, whom Saturday’s statement named as Kalob Wayne Byers, was detained after airport customs officials found cannabis-laced marmalade in his baggage.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russian-court-us-citizen-kalob-wayne-byers-suspected-drug-smuggling-rcna192342


3 posted on 02/17/2025 9:16:37 AM PST by DFG
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Bringing in marijuana gummies into Russia.

If I were a customs officer I’d certainly check his bags for drugs just by his looks alone.


4 posted on 02/17/2025 9:21:11 AM PST by packagingguy
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Wish we were as diligent with the people bringing in drugs.


5 posted on 02/17/2025 9:22:32 AM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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I wonder what this guy did to get put in a Russian slammer?

The guy and his Russian fiancee were arrested Feb. 7 at Moscow airport. According to Russian government, they both had cannabis gummies and some kind of marijuana-laced jam-product.

6 posted on 02/17/2025 9:23:41 AM PST by PGR88
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That will do it!

I nearly brought my CBD oil with me when I moved to Russia, but fortunately, I remembered I had it in my bag before boarding the plane.

Not worth the risk.

7 posted on 02/17/2025 9:37:09 AM PST by StayoutdaBushesWay (Heb 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see)
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Honestly, how stupid do you have to be to travel ANYWHERE with ANYTHING mind-altering??? It’s not like these things are difficult to find when you’re traveling. Just buy locally, and toss what you don’t use before flying home. Sheesh. You’re going to prison, in a foreign country, all for $30 worth of gummies??? You almost have to want to get caught at that point.


8 posted on 02/17/2025 9:39:58 AM PST by Teacher317
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