On smuggled deliveries of drugs hiding in loads of fruits and vegetables to the Russian Federation

The article considers the dynamics and structure of fruit and vegetable produce deliveries from countries of Central Asia on the analysis of materials of ministries and agencies of the Russian Federation, State Anti-Drug Committee, subdivisions of drug control agencies and mass-media. The authors distinguish the criminological feature which testifies to the possible hiding drugs in legally delivered fruit and vegetables produce; they consider kinds of fruit and vegetable produce used as shelter for drug trafficking as well as forms of disguise, the scope of characteristics indicating the criminality of the situation and routs used for drug smuggling under fruit and vegetables produce shelter.