Police file a complaint over 7.8 tonnes of cannabis missing in Borisovo
On 28 October 2026 Strumica police filed a criminal complaint against a medical-cannabis company in Borisovo and its manager, V.K., after an inspection found 7,813.49 kg of dried flower unaccounted for.
🇲🇰 Borisovo, Novo Selo · North Macedonia
On 28 October 2026 the Strumica police department filed a criminal complaint against a company in the village of Borisovo, in Novo Selo municipality, and against its manager.[1] Police name the manager as V.K., from the village of Novo Selo and living in Strumica.[1]
Officers of the Strumica department and officials of the health ministry’s commission inspected the rooms where the company stored dried medical-cannabis flower.[1] They found staff records and other required papers missing.[1] They also found a shortage of 7,813.49 kilograms of dried flower, for which the company had no proper documents or cover.[1][2]
24chasa, citing the interior ministry, said the complaint was filed after officials finished documenting actions taken in February 2026.[2] The police notice does not say where the missing flower went, or that anyone was arrested.[1]
Sources
- A shortage of nearly eight tons of dried medical cannabis flower was discovered during an inspection at a legal entity for the cultivation of medical cannabis in the Strumica area. Ministry of Interior of North Macedonia, 28 October 2026.
- Исчезнале речиси 8 тони марихуана: кривична пријава за фирма за медицински канабис во струмичко. 24chasa, 28 October 2026. In Macedonian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The interior ministry notice does not say when the inspection took place. 24chasa, citing the ministry, says the complaint followed the documenting of actions taken in February 2026.
- The missing cannabis was not found in these reports, and no arrest was reported.
- Police identify the manager only as V.K. 24chasa gives a full name and calls the firm CBD Medplant. This report uses the police wording.
- 24chasa also recounts a February investigation into cannabis smuggled to Serbia and a March seizure from licensed firms. Those are earlier events and are left out here.