Czech senior given suspended sentence for 2.3m-koruna cannabis grow
A 60-year-old Šumava man was given a 10-month suspended sentence by the Klatovy District Court in the Czech Republic for growing cannabis in the attic of a rented house in Kašperské Hory; the verdict is final. Police found almost nine kilograms of dried cannabis in April 2024, and investigators valued the crop at about 2.3 million korunas.
🇨🇿 Kašperské Hory, Klatovy District, Plzeň Region · Czechia
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- Cannabis
- 9 kg
- Prison
- 10 months suspended for 20 months
- Value (official estimate)
- CZK 2,300,000
He used the drug for relief and told the court he did not know how to obtain it legally, so he began growing it himself.[1] The Klatovy District Court sentenced him to 10 months in prison, suspended for 20 months.[1] The seized cannabis and the grow equipment were forfeited to the state, and the verdict is final.[1] He told Klatovský deník he would not have survived being jailed among murderers.[2]
According to the indictment the grow was in the attic of a rented family house and ran from at least the first half of 2023 until the end of April 2024, when police detained him.[1] He ran several growing cycles, and police seized part of the harvest.[1] During the raid officers found almost nine kilograms of dried cannabis.[1] Investigators also looked at suspected dealing, but distribution could not be proved, so the court dealt with growing and possession for personal use, and the defendant did not deny the charge.[1]
Had the case been decided a year earlier, he would have faced eight to twelve years in prison, Klatovský deník reported.[2] A change to the criminal code effective 1 January 2026 introduced separate treatment of growing and handling drugs for personal use, and the court closed the case under a provision with a lower maximum penalty.[1] Under the new rules, growing up to three plants for personal use is legal for adults over 21, four to five plants are an administrative offence, and larger numbers are a crime.[1] He now lives in Železná Ruda, is registered at the labour office and does odd jobs, and told the court he now has cannabis prescribed by a doctor and his health has improved.[1]
Sources
- Pěstitel vypěstoval marihuanu za 2,3 milionu. Díky novele zákona vyvázl s podmínkou. REGIONPLZEN.CZ, 4 March 2026. In Czech.
- Senior ze Šumavy vypěstoval konopí za miliony. Zachránila ho novela zákoníku. Klatovský deník, 4 March 2026. In Czech.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports give the court's ruling but not the exact date of the sentencing hearing; the incident date is the publication date of 4 March 2026, two days after the hearing at the latest.
- The seized weight is given only as 'almost nine kilograms'; investigators also estimated about 11.5 kilograms of dry matter including plants still growing, which produced the 2.3 million koruna value, and that is not the amount seized.
- No total number of plants is stated: the file describes cycles of roughly 70 and 100 plants and a larger third, with part of the harvest seized, so no plant figure is recorded.
- The value is an estimate at a commonly cited price of 200 korunas a gram, not a market valuation of the seized drug alone.
- Klatovský deník's article is partly behind a paywall; only its opening section could be read.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in REGIONPLZEN.CZ: Vladimír P., a 60-year-old from the Šumava mountains in the Czech Republic, says he grew cannabis himself in Kašperské Hory because he did not know how to get it legally.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in REGIONPLZEN.CZ: Adding the potential yield of plants still growing, the file calculated about 2.3 million korunas (CZK) at a commonly cited 200 korunas a gram.