47-year-old held with about 20 kg of marijuana near Birobidzhan
Police detained a previously convicted 47-year-old man from Kazanka village near Birobidzhan after finding about 20 kg of drying marijuana in his attic. He said he picked wild cannabis while mushroom gathering for personal use, and investigators opened a large-scale storage case under Article 228(2) and released him on a travel restriction.
🇷🇺 Kazanka village, Birobidzhansky District, Jewish Autonomous Oblast · Russia
In the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, officers of the Birobidzhansky drug-control
unit caught a 47-year-old resident of a village near Birobidzhan storing a large
batch of plant-based narcotic.[1]The man had previously been convicted of a
similar offence.[1]The second account names his village as Kazanka.[2]The
man was detained after the search.[1]
Officers searching his house found a drying mass of crushed cannabis parts in
the attic, which the regional forensic centre identified as marijuana weighing
about 20 kilograms.[1]He told police that while gathering mushrooms he found
a plantation of wild cannabis, picked the top parts, packed them into bags and
carried them home.[1]He claimed he kept the drug only for personal
consumption without intent to sell.[1]
A city police investigator opened a criminal case against him under part 2 of
Article 228 of the Russian Criminal Code.[1]He was released on a travel
restriction pending the case.[1]
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Police photo of the drying cannabis mass seized in the attic. Photo: operational footage.Photo details
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