Russian driver jailed 15 days in Montenegro for driving under cannabis
The Minor Offences Court in Podgorica, Danilovgrad Department, sentenced a Russian citizen identified only as M.K. to 15 days in prison for driving under the influence of cannabis on 22 September 2025. The court also banned him from driving a category B vehicle in Montenegro for six months.
The Minor Offences Court in Podgorica, Danilovgrad Department, sentenced a
Russian citizen identified only as M.K. to 15 days in prison for driving under
the influence of cannabis.[1]The court said the offence fell under Article
317a, paragraph 1, item 3, read with Article 182 of the Law on Road Traffic
Safety.[1]Judge spokesperson Ana Bokan said the offence happened on 22
September 2025, when the man took part in public traffic in a part of
Danilovgrad municipality with cannabis in his body.[1]The cannabis was
detected by testing carried out by police officers.[1]
The same decision imposed a protective measure banning M.K. from driving a
category B motor vehicle anywhere in Montenegro for six months.[1]The court
said the sentence and the ban followed a weighing of mitigating and aggravating
circumstances on the defendant’s side.[1]
Vijesti’s Montenegrin-language version of the report carries the same account of
the sentence, the date and the six-month driving ban.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Agency type
Police, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Setting
Prison
Case stage
Sentenced
Sources
Vijestien.vijesti.meDriving under the influence of cannabis, sentenced to 15 days in prison
Vijestivijesti.meMEVozio pod dejstvom kanabisa, osuđen na 15 dana zatvora
Open questions the AI reported
No amount of cannabis was published, only that testing by police officers detected it in the driver's body.
Only the initials M.K. were published; the driver's name, age and place of residence are not given.
No place more precise than a part of Danilovgrad municipality is named.
The sources are the same outlet's English and Montenegrin versions of one report, so the account is not independently corroborated.
The articles do not say whether M.K. served the term or appealed the decision.
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