MOSCOW, October 23 (RAPSI) – A St. Petersburg court has sentenced three citizens of Bulgaria to prison terms ranging from 10 to 12 years for attempt to sell 39 kilograms of cocaine, a statement on the official web-site of the Russia’s General Prosecutor’s Office reads on Wednesday.

According to the statement, the sentenced persons have conspired to sell the drugs in St. Petersburg when yet in Bulgaria.

The Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg has found them guilty of collusive attempt of a group of persons to illegally sell especially large amount of narcotic substance.