19-year-old charged over 2.9 g of hashish in 50-stash Barnaul case
The Barnaul transport prosecutor's office sent a 19-year-old Novosibirsk resident to trial accused of hiding more than 50 drug caches in Barnaul, including 2.9 grams of hashish bought with about 17 grams of cocaine. Transport police detained him beside the railway line on the Barnaul–Shtabka stretch while he was laying the stashes.
🇷🇺 Near the railway tracks on the Barnaul–Shtabka stretch, Barnaul, Altai Krai · Russia
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A 19-year-old resident of Novosibirsk is to stand trial in Barnaul on a charge
of attempted drug sale.[1][2]The criminal case was sent to the Industrialny
district court of Barnaul for consideration on the merits, while the case
against the accomplice was separated into different proceedings.[1][2]He is
accused of attempted large-scale sale of drugs using an information network by a
group acting in prior conspiracy.[1][2]
He came to Barnaul with accomplices in August 2026, according to the transport
prosecutor’s office.[1]In Barnaul he bought 17 grams of cocaine and 2.9 grams
of hashish over the internet.[1][2]Investigators say he arrived in Barnaul with
an accomplice and bought cocaine weighing more than 17 grams and 2.9 grams of
hashish.[3]On an accomplice’s instructions he was to place the drugs in more
than 50 stashes.[3][2]
Transport police detained the 19-year-old beside the railway tracks on the
Barnaul–Shtabka stretch.[1][2]The drugs found on him were removed from illegal
circulation.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the VN.RU report on the detained stash maker. Photo: VN.ruPhoto details
The reports give no date for the indictment referral; 10 November 2026 is the publication date of the prosecution reports and is used as the incident date.
The exact day of the August 2026 detention was not reported.
The cocaine weight is excluded from the cannabis figures because only the separately stated 2.9 grams of hashish is counted as cannabis.
No trial outcome, sentence or identity of the accomplice was reported.
The new account says the man arrived in Barnaul with the drugs after receiving them by a contactless handoff in August 2026, while the earlier accounts describe him buying them in Barnaul over the internet.
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