Russian-born scientist cleared of smuggling charges
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A federal judge in Boston has dismissed a case against a Russian-born Harvard scientist who was accused of smuggling frog embryos into the U.S.
Kseniia Petrova was arrested last year as she returned from a holiday in France with the specimens and spent four months in detention.
Prosecutors agreed to drop the charges after a judge said she could seek evidence to support her claim that she had been unfairly targeted.
Petrova has said she did not realize she had to declare the items.
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Kseniia Petrova was arrested last year as she returned from a holiday in France with the specimens and spent four months in detention.
Prosecutors agreed to drop the charges after a judge said she could seek evidence to support her claim that she had been unfairly targeted.
Petrova has said she did not realize she had to declare the items.
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