Over 4.7 kg of marijuana seized in four buckets from a Balashov home
Police in Balashov, Saratov Oblast, found four buckets of marijuana weighing more than 4.7 kg in the outbuildings of a private house and opened a case against its 60-year-old owner. The man, previously prosecuted, said he kept the drug for personal use and was released on a written undertaking to stay in place.
Police in Balashov, Saratov Oblast, seized a large batch of marijuana from a
local resident, the regional headquarters of the Interior Ministry said.[1]Officers found the plant drug in outbuildings standing on the grounds of a
private house.[1]The owner of the property, a 60-year-old Balashov man who
had previously faced criminal charges, said he had stored the marijuana for his
own consumption.[1]
In total the officers seized four buckets of the plant drug weighing more than
4.7 kilograms.[1]A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 of
the Russian Criminal Code, which covers illegal acquisition, storage and
production of drugs on a large scale without intent to sell.[1]The man was
released on a written undertaking not to leave and to behave properly, so he was
not held in custody.[1]
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First of four gallery photographs published with the report of the Balashov seizure. Photo: GU MVD (regional Interior Ministry headquarters).Photo details
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The article gives no separate date for the search and seizure, so 8 July 2026, its publication date, is used as the incident date.
The weight is reported only as more than 4.7 kg, so no exact laboratory weight can be recorded.
The number of officers, the exact location of the outbuildings within the property and whether the man was held overnight were not reported, so no arrested figure is recorded.
No court outcome beyond the opening of the part 2 article 228 case and the release under a written undertaking was reported.
Only one accessible account of this seizure could be opened; no interior ministry statement or second outlet for the same event was found, and a VK page checked as a possible reprint did not load its content.
The gallery photographs are credited only to the regional Interior Ministry headquarters and carry no captions, so they are recorded as police photographs of the seizure without further identification.
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