Two men held with 890 g of marijuana on Tatarstan road
Police drug-control officers detained two previously convicted residents of Kamskiye Polyany on the Chistopol–Nizhnekamsk road in Tatarstan and seized about 890 grams of marijuana. A criminal case was opened and both men were placed under travel restrictions while facing three to ten years of imprisonment.
Drug-control officers detained two residents of Kamskiye Polyany with almost a
kilogram of marijuana on the Chistopol–Nizhnekamsk road in Tatarstan.[1]The
republic’s Interior Ministry directorate reported the detentions.[1]Both
suspects have previous convictions for murder.[1]The 43-year-old detainee
additionally has convictions for theft, robbery and unlawful drug trafficking.[1]Both men were questioned after their detention.[1]They were placed under
a written undertaking not to leave pending the proceedings.[1]Police said the
men face three to ten years of imprisonment.[1]Investigative steps continue
to establish all the circumstances of the case.[1]
Officers of the Chistopol drug-control unit seized a polymer bag containing
plant material from the men.[1]An expert examination established that the
substance was marijuana.[1]Police put the weight of the drug at about 890
grams.[1]A criminal case was opened over the seizure.[1]
Photos and video
Police handout photo published with the report on the two detained men. Photo: MVD-16 via max.ru/mvd16Photo details
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Police in Belokalitvinsky District, Rostov Oblast, detained a 72-year-old man suspected of using and storing cannabis and seized more than four kilograms from his home. He told them he grew the plants from wild cannabis seeds to smoke for his bronchial asthma, and a criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228.
Police in Naberezhnye Chelny detained a 45-year-old man and found two indoor grow boxes, with examinations identifying 451.04 g of cannabis and 69.86 g of marijuana. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228, carrying up to 10 years' imprisonment, while refusal of a medical test brought five days of administrative arrest.
Sevastopol drug police detained a 43-year-old man who they said stored and packed drugs and laid master stashes for an online shop, and seized a 1.3 kg pressed cannabis briquette from his rented garage. Officers also found single doses of marijuana and amphetamine at his rented house and about a kilogram of mephedrone in a woodland stash near Inkerman; a court ordered him held in custody.
