Man, 34, held after 257 g of cannabis seized by his house in Penza Oblast
Police in Bessonovsky district, Penza Oblast, detained a 34-year-old local man and seized about 257 grams of cannabis found on the grounds beside his house. He admitted guilt, said he gathered wild cannabis near his home in July 2026 and made a drug for his own use, and a criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228, which carries up to 10 years.
Police in Bessonovsky district, Penza Oblast, detained a 34-year-old local man
suspected of involvement in the illegal circulation of drugs.[1][2][3]Officers
received information that the man might be involved in the illegal circulation
of banned substances, and their check confirmed it.[4]
While inspecting the grounds around his house, officers found plant matter,
seized it and sent it for expert examination.[1][3]The expert examination
identified the seized material as the drug cannabis weighing about 257 grams.[4][3]
The man admitted guilt and said he had gathered the drug-containing plant in
July 2026 not far from his own home in Bessonovsky district.[4][3]He said he
made a drug from the gathered raw material, which he intended to use himself.[4][3]
A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 of the Russian Criminal
Code, which carries a maximum of 10 years in prison.[4][3]
The man was born in 1992, the Interior Ministry’s post says, which is consistent with the age of 34 given in earlier reports.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
257 g
Agency
Отдел МВД России по Бессоновскому району
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (257 g)
Activity
Possession, Processing, Use
Setting
Home
Grown
Wild
Charge
illegal acquisition and storage of drugs in a large amount (part 2 of article 228)
The reports give no date for the detention, the inspection or the seizure; 7 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
The cannabis weight is given as about 257 grams, not an exact measured figure.
The reports do not say how much of the material was plant matter and how much was processed drug, so the whole weight is recorded as one cannabis figure.
The man is identified only by his age and the district.
No measure of restraint, criminal record or court outcome was reported; the case was at the investigation stage.
Both opened accounts reproduce the same Bessonovsky district police statement, so there is no independent witness account.
Both opened pages carry a police press-service picture whose caption does not establish that it shows this seizure.
The post gives the suspect's birth year rather than his age, so 34 is derived from 1992 and the date of the report; he may turn 35 later in 2026.
The post is the ministry's own account, so it is not an independent confirmation of the figure of about 257 grams.
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Sakhalin police searched a 39-year-old man from Petropavlovskoye and his flat and outbuildings, seizing 0.62 grams of cannabis and 1,043.5 grams of cannabis plant parts. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 for large-scale drug storage, and he was placed under an undertaking not to leave.
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