Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD)
🇷🇺 Russia · Police · 21 reports
- People arrested
- 26
- Plants destroyed
- 408
- Cannabis seized
- 146.369 kg
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
32-year-old held over home cannabis farm with 8 plants in Kaliningrad
Police in Kaliningrad detained a 32-year-old man accused of growing cannabis at a plot in Kutaisky Lane and preparing it for sale. Officers seized 153.6 grams of the drug and eight cannabis bushes, and a criminal case for attempted large-scale drug sale was opened.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 8Cannabis 153.6 g72-year-old held in Belaya Kalitva with more than 4 kg of cannabis
Police in Belokalitvinsky District, Rostov Oblast, detained a 72-year-old man suspected of using and storing cannabis and seized more than four kilograms from his home. He told them he grew the plants from wild cannabis seeds to smoke for his bronchial asthma, and a criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228.
Arrested 1Cannabis 4 kgMan, 35, held in Totskoye Vtoroye with 76.4 g of cannabis
Police in the village of Totskoye Vtoroye, Orenburg Oblast, detained a 35-year-old local man carrying a bag that forensic tests found held 76.40 grams of cannabis, which he said he had gathered for his own use. An investigator opened a criminal case for unlawful drug storage under part 1 of article 228, which carries up to three years in prison.
Arrested 1Cannabis 76.4 gPolice find 588 g of marijuana in 295 bags at a Stavropol Krai home
Police of the North Caucasus Federal District detained a 55-year-old man in Stavropol Krai after a search of his home found 295 plastic bags holding more than 588 grams of marijuana, along with scales and packaging materials. A criminal case was opened over attempted large-scale sale, and a court placed him under house arrest.
Arrested 1Cannabis 588 gNizhny Novgorod man held with nine cannabis plants in his flat
Police in Nizhny Novgorod detained a 37-year-old man who grew nine cannabis plants in his flat under lamps and grow boxes, and seized 142 grams of ready-to-use drug in a glass jar. A criminal case was opened, he admitted his guilt, and the offence he was accused of carries up to 15 years in prison.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 9Cannabis 142 gSites 1Armoured vehicles destroy 1 hectare of wild cannabis in Amur Oblast
Police and military security officials used armoured vehicles to destroy one hectare of wild cannabis in Vostochny, Oktyabrsky district, Amur Oblast, during the Priamurye without drugs operation. Police said tracked vehicles grind plants with their roots to prevent regrowth, after a similar September operation destroyed three hectares near Yekaterinoslavka.
Area 1 haThree held in Donetsk region as police seize about 1.3 kg of marijuana
Police in the Russian-held Donetsk People's Republic detained three residents they say sold marijuana, starting with a 61-year-old Donetsk man found with 58 grams and following the supply chain to Shakhtarsk. Searches recovered about 1.3 kilograms of cannabis, including more than 1.1 kilograms a third suspect said he grew for himself.
Arrested 3Charged 2Cannabis 1.377 kgKuban man faces trial over 800g of homegrown marijuana
A 52-year-old man in Vyselkovsky District, Krasnodar Krai, faces trial after police said he grew cannabis from wild seeds and made 800 grams of marijuana for personal use. His case under part 2 of article 228 has been sent to court, where he faces up to 10 years in prison.
Charged 1Cannabis 800 gMan, 61, held in Orenburg region with 64 cannabis plants and 991 g
Police in Akkermanovka near Novotroitsk, Orenburg Oblast, detained a 61-year-old man and seized 64 cannabis plants, growing equipment and 991 grams of marijuana from his outbuildings. He told police he grew the plants for sale and personal use, and faces criminal cases for attempted large-scale sale and illegal cultivation.
Arrested 1Charged 1Plants destroyed 64Cannabis 991 gKosteryovo garage owner held with 5 kg of plants and 60 g marijuana
Vladimir police detained a 51-year-old car-service owner from Kosteryovo in late October, seizing plant material and over 60 grams of ready marijuana plus scales and grinding tools at his home and garage. He was remanded in custody while investigators pursued two cases alleging possession and attempted large-scale cannabis sale.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 60 gPolice seize 1.8 kg of home-grown marijuana in Kochubeyevsky
Stavropol police suspect a 37-year-old Kochubeyevsky resident of growing marijuana at home and seized 1.8 kg from a workshop on his property. A criminal case for large-scale storage was opened; no court outcome is known.
Cannabis 1.8 kgTwo men held with 890 g of marijuana on Tatarstan road
Police drug-control officers detained two previously convicted residents of Kamskiye Polyany on the Chistopol–Nizhnekamsk road in Tatarstan and seized about 890 grams of marijuana. A criminal case was opened and both men were placed under travel restrictions while facing three to ten years of imprisonment.
Arrested 2Cannabis 890 gAmur man sent to court over 4.5 kg of marijuana left in an abandoned car
Investigators in Svobodnensky district, Amur Oblast, finished their case against a 38-year-old who gathered wild cannabis near Novoivanovka, fled a traffic patrol, crashed and left the plants and his passport in the car. The seized material was identified as more than 4.5 kilograms of marijuana, and the case went to court under part 2 of article 228.
Charged 1Cannabis 4.5 kgChelyabinsk police seize about 16 kg of marijuana from a garden-house grow site
Chelyabinsk drug-control officers, backed by Rosgvardiya SOBR Arkaim, arrested two city men aged 44 and 35 at an SNT plot in Sosnovsky district, seized roughly 16 kg of packaged marijuana, eight cannabis plants and about 600,000 rubles, and jailed both on attempted large-scale sale charges.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 8Cannabis 16 kgSix held over cannabis grown in four rented St Petersburg flats; 162 plants seized
Police in St Petersburg detained six men accused of growing cannabis in four rented flats and seized 162 plants and about 18.1 kg of plant material. Four criminal cases were opened for attempted drug sale, and the men were held for 48 hours pending a restraint decision.
Arrested 6Plants destroyed 162Cannabis 18.1 kgSites 4More than 11 kg of marijuana seized from two men in Khabarovsk Krai
Drug-control officers in Amursky district stopped a 23-year-old Ukrainka villager whose car held over 1 kg of marijuana and found about 10 kg dried in an Elban home attic. Both men said they gathered wild cannabis for personal use; investigators opened article 228(2) storage cases and placed the suspects under a written undertaking not to leave.
Arrested 1Cannabis 11 kg57-year-old courier held near Surgut with 2.89 kg of hashish
Police in Yugra stopped a 57-year-old courier from Udmurtia near Surgut and found 2 kilograms 891 grams of hashish hidden under the boot lining of his car. Officers opened a case for attempted large-scale drug sale and a court placed him in custody.
Arrested 1Cannabis 2.89128 kgRussian gets 18 years over 70 kg of hashish smuggled from Spain
The Leningrad Oblast court gave a Russian member of an international group 18 years in a strict-regime colony and a 750,000-rouble fine for smuggling more than 70 kg of hashish from Spain and attempting to sell it in Russia. Belarusian customs caught the drug at Brest, and it was then run under police control to a hand-over in Vyborg district; the Moldovan courier got 14 years in Belarus.
Charged 1Sentenced 1Cannabis 70 kgPrison 18 yearsTwo held after fire and escape bid at a Kursk Oblast cannabis grow house
Police and FSB officers in Zheleznogorsk district, Kursk Oblast, broke up an indoor cannabis operation run by a 29-year-old man from Perm Krai and arrested him and an accomplice, seizing 157 plants and about 5 kg of marijuana prepared for sale. The organiser locked the doors and set the building alight as officers arrived, and both suspects were remanded in custody.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 157Cannabis 5 kgSites 139-year-old held as 3 kg of marijuana seized from a Kherson village garage
Police in Malokakhovka, Kakhovsky district, detained a 39-year-old man and found about three kilograms of marijuana at different stages of drying in four boxes and two containers in his garage. He admitted keeping the cannabis for personal use and for sale, and officials were deciding whether to open a case under Russia's Articles 228 and 228.1.
Arrested 1Cannabis 3 kgMoscow Oblast police seize 5 kg of hashish with 51 kg of heroin
Moscow Oblast drug-control police detained a foreign national in Losino-Petrovsky and found more than 51 kg of heroin and five kilograms of hashish in his rented flat, Interior Ministry spokesperson Irina Volk said. Only the hashish is a cannabis figure; the 150 million rouble black-market valuation and the 80,000-dose estimate cover the heroin and hashish together.
Arrested 1Cannabis 5 kg