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Hotel for illegal migrants discovered in downtown Moscow

About 120 people have been detained in the dormitory for checking the legality of their stay in Russia

MOSCOW, August 8 (Itar-Tass) - Officers of the Moscow department of the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) have discovered in the centre of the Russian capital a clandestine hotel where illegal migrants were accommodated, the press service of the FSKN department for Moscow told Itar-Tass on Thursday.

The department officials said that they received information suggesting that drugs are sold in a dormitory at 3, Gospitalny Val Street.

Inspecting the building, the FSKN and police officers found a clandestine hotel in which both Russian citizens and illegal migrants were accommodated.

“About 120 people have been detained in the dormitory for checking the legality of their stay in Russia, as well as 363 Xerox copies of citizens’ passports were seized,” the press service said.