Aznakayevo man, 60, given 3 years suspended over more than 6 kg of cannabis
A court in Aznakayevo sentenced a 60-year-old local man to three years' imprisonment, suspended, for storing more than 6 kg of dried cannabis he had gathered near Ursaevo. The Tatarstan prosecutor's office said he admitted using it for pain and that the verdict is not yet in force.
🇷🇺 Ursaevo, Aznakayevsky District, Tatarstan · Russia
A court in Aznakayevo convicted a 60-year-old resident of Aznakayevsky district
of illegally acquiring and storing narcotics without intent to sell, in a large
amount.[1]The Aznakayevskaya city prosecutor’s office supported the state
prosecution in the case.[1]Taking the prosecutor’s position into account, the
court sentenced him to three years’ imprisonment, suspended.[1]The verdict
has not entered into legal force.[1]
Case materials established that in August 2026 he gathered a narcotic-containing
plant near the village of Ursaevo and kept it on his private household until
police seized it.[1]Once dried, the plant’s mass exceeded 6 kilograms.[1]The republican newspaper Respublika Tatarstan reported that the plant he
gathered near Ursaevo was cannabis.[2]Newsroom24 said the cannabis found in
his yard was growing wild, and that he picked it near Ursaevo and dried it at
home.[3]That account also said the proceedings established no sale of the
drug.[3]
He admitted guilt, expressed remorse, and said that because of his age he
suffers severe pain and used the drug to ease his condition.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Convicted
1
Sentenced
1
Cannabis
6 kg
Prison
3 years suspended
Agency
Aznakayevskaya city prosecutor's office
Agency type
Prosecutor, Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (6 kg)
Activity
Possession, Use
Setting
Home
Grown
Wild
Charge
illegal acquisition and storage of narcotics without intent to sell, in a large amount
Ньюсрум24newsroom24.ruRUВ Татарстане мужчину осудили условно за хранение дикорастущей конопли
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The prosecutor's release is dated 5 November 2026 and does not give a separate day for the hearing, so that publication date is used for the sentence.
The dried weight is given only as more than 6 kg, not as an exact laboratory figure.
Newsroom24 says he picked the cannabis in summer 2026, while the prosecutor and Respublika Tatarstan say August 2026.
Kommersant described the amount as especially large, but the prosecutor's office said the conviction was for a large amount; the prosecutor's wording is used.
No arrest date was published, and the reports do not name the court.
The photograph on the Newsroom24 page is a stock landscape credited to Pexels and does not show this seizure.
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