Kirill Dagis was 25 years old when he was detained.[1] He was detained in July 2016 with 0.024 grams of marijuana.[1] He was later convicted under part 3 of Article 328 and received nine years in a penal colony with confiscation of property for the 0.024 grams of marijuana.[1]

Part 3 of Article 328 covers sale committed by a previously convicted person.[1] About a year earlier he had been detained with almost the same dose, 0.026 grams, and given one year of home arrest.[1] The second case followed a statement by another detained man, in whose car boot 15 grams of marijuana had been found, who claimed he had bought the drug from Dagis.[1] His mother said no direct evidence of the alleged handover was found.[1]

His lawyer insisted there was no crime of sale because of the insignificant amount seized, 0.024 grams.[1] Under Article 328 of the Belarusian Criminal Code, liability does not depend on the amount found or the substance seized.[1] The other accused received a suspended sentence, while Dagis received nine years in a reinforced-regime colony with confiscation of property.[1]

The family had a garage confiscated that his grandparents had gifted to him by deed.[1] There was also an attempt to confiscate the flat where he lived with his 80-year-old grandmother, a Chernobyl invalid, but the family kept the flat.[1] He and his mother appealed the verdict up to the Supreme Court but received standard replies leaving it unchanged.[1]