Russian court cuts jail term for American held on drug charges, lawyer says


U.S. citizen Robert Woodland, arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, sits behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday ordered that the jail sentence of a U.S. citizen convicted of drug trafficking be reduced to 9-1/2 years from 12-1/2, the man's lawyer told Reuters.

Robert Woodland was found guilty in July 2024 of attempting to sell drugs after he was arrested while transporting about 50 grams of mephedrone, a stimulant drug in the same class as amphetamine, to a safe cache in Moscow, prosecutors said.

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