Czech police charge 33-year-old after 1 kg cannabis seized near Lovosice
Litoměřice detectives charged a 33-year-old man from the Lovosice area with illegal drug production after searching his home and seizing cannabis plants, growing equipment and at least 1,000 grams of dried cannabis. Police did not say how many plants he grew, and he faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
🇨🇿 Lovosicko, Litoměřice District · Czechia
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Litoměřice detectives charged a 33-year-old man from the Lovosice area with the particularly serious crime of illegal production and handling of narcotic and psychotropic substances and poisons.[1] In recent days officers from the Litoměřice criminal police’s TOXI team came for him.[1] During a search of his home, police seized cannabis plants, equipment used to grow cannabis and at least 1,000 grams (1 kg) of dried plant parts that an expert examination confirmed contained the active substance, police spokeswoman Pavla Kofrová said.[1] Police did not specify how many plants he grew at home.[1]
According to the police account, he grew an unspecified number of cannabis plants indoors at his home using various items and substances intended for indoor cultivation, and then dried them.[2] Police said he kept the dried plants loose in paper bags and plastic bags and sold them or gave them away to other people at various places in the Litoměřice district.[2] He also made and sold products containing dried cannabis, police said.[1] If a court finds him guilty, he faces up to five years in prison.[1]
Sources
- Policie si došla pro pěstitele konopí z Lovosicka. Našla „kytky“ i kilo sušeného. Litoměřický deník, 20 February 2024. In Czech.
- Za pěstování a prodej konopí mu hrozí až pět let. Kriminalisté z TOXI týmu zasáhli na Lovosicku. iÚSTECKO.cz, 23 February 2024. In Czech.
Open questions the AI reported
- The exact date of the house search and charge is not given: both reports say it happened "in recent days". The incident date is the first report's publication date, 20 February 2024; the second outlet dates its account 23 February 2024.
- Police did not say how many cannabis plants were found, so no plant count is recorded.
- The reports do not say whether the man was taken into custody, so no arrest figure is recorded.
- The dried cannabis was described only as at least 1,000 grams, not an exact weight, and no court outcome is reported; up to five years is the maximum penalty he faces, not a sentence imposed.