Four held as police seize 50 kg of cannabis and 209 plants near Bila Tserkva
Police in Bila Tserkva district, Kyiv Oblast, detained four local men and seized about 50 kg of cannabis, 209 cannabis plants and cash. All four were charged over producing and selling drugs, three also over growing cannabis for sale, and a court ordered them held without bail.
🇺🇦 Bila Tserkva district, Kyiv Oblast · Ukraine
- Arrested
- 4
- Charged
- 4
- Plants destroyed
- 209
- Cannabis
- 50 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- UAH 60,700,000
Police searching the homes of four men in Bila Tserkva district, Kyiv Oblast,
found about 50 kg of cannabis and money.[1] A further 209 cannabis plants were
seized from a plot of land.[2] Police valued the drugs found at more than 60.7
million hryvnias.[1] All four men were detained and placed in a temporary
detention facility.[1] Police said the group had set up the production,
storage and sale of the drug in the capital region.[1]
The four suspects are local residents of Bila Tserkva district.[3] All four
were notified of suspicion of producing and selling narcotics as an organised
group in especially large amounts.[1] Three of them are also suspected of
growing cannabis for sale.[2] The charges carry up to 12 years in prison with
confiscation of property.[1]
Investigators say the men worked together from July to October 2026, growing the
plants among corn in fields in Bila Tserkva district.[3] The harvested crop
was dried at the home of one of the suspects.[3] A court ordered all four held
in custody without the right to bail.[3] The pre-trial investigation is
continuing.[3]
Sources
- На Білоцерківщині вилучено близько 50 кілограм канабісу: поліцейські Київщини повідомили про підозру зловмисникам. Головне управління Національної поліції в Київській області, 28 October 2026. In Ukrainian.
- Конопляна плантація та десятки кілограмів канабісу: на Білоцерківщині викрили наркобізнес. Еспресо.Біла Церква, 29 October 2026. In Ukrainian.
- На Білоцерківщині викрито наркогрупу: вилучено понад 50 кг канабісу та 209 кущів коноплі. Київщина Інфо, 28 October 2026. In Ukrainian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports give no separate date for the searches; 28 October 2026 is the day the Kyiv Oblast police announced the case.
- Police said about 50 kg of cannabis was seized, while the prosecutor's office account reported by local media said more than 50 kg; the report uses the police figure.
- The suspects are not named publicly, and the reports do not say whether any of them has entered a plea.
- The 209 plants were seized; the reports do not say whether they were later destroyed.
- No area or plant count is given for the whole plantation beyond the 209 plants seized on one plot.
- Four police photos of one detained suspect and the photo of his house are not listed under media because they show a person or a building rather than the plantation or seizure.