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2009 September 21   11:07

Russian sailors charged with smuggling released from custody in Spain

Fifteen  Russian sailors who were arrested in Spain last year on smuggling charges have been released from custody.

"On  Friday,  September  19,  the  Spanish  criminal  court rule to replace  the  jail term with a parole for 15 Russian sailors arrested in Spain last  year  on  smuggling  charges,"  a  law  firm called Yegorov, Puginsky, Afanasyev and Partners, told Interfax on Monday.

Together  with their Spanish colleagues these lawyers are defending the interests of the Russian sailors.

"The  sailors  sentenced  earlier  to  three  years in prisons have already been released," the law firm said.

The  15  Russian nationals, including 13 crewmembers from the Uozas Aleksonis  trawler  and  two  crewmembers  from  the Tralmejster Mogutov trawler, were detained in Huelva on May 14, 2008.

The  Russian sailors were charged with smuggling and "crime against the nation's health," the press release said.

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