Transit Point Moscow
- ISBN-10
- 0821718460
- ISBN-13
- 9780821718469
- Category
- Drug control
- Pages
- 399
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986-06
- Publisher
- Zebra Books
- Authors
- Bernard Asbell, Gerald Amster
Description
The true story of Gerald Amster, who, in 1976, was arrested for possession of sixty-two pounds of heroin in a Moscow airport and spent more than four years in prison before his escape and eventual freedom
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