Dnipro woman, 45, charged over garden cannabis and homemade pistol
Dnipro police searched a 45-year-old woman's home in late September 2026 and seized cannabis bushes from the grounds, containers of cannabis, and a gas pistol converted into a firearm. She was notified of suspicion under three Criminal Code articles covering cannabis cultivation, drug storage and unlawful handling of weapons.
On the grounds of her household police found and seized cannabis bushes, which
an expert examination found to belong to plants of the genus Cannabis.[1][2][3][4]A
further search of the house turned up containers holding cannabis.[1][2][3][4]
Officers also seized a pistol from her home, which an examination confirmed was
a gas pistol converted into a homemade firearm.[1][2][3][4]Investigators notified the
woman of suspicion under three articles: part 1 of article 310, illegal sowing
or cultivation of cannabis in an amount of ten to fifty plants; part 1 of
article 309, illegal storage of narcotics without intent to sell; and part 1 of
article 263, illegal storage of a firearm without a permit.[5][2][3]
Under article 62 of Ukraine’s Constitution, she is presumed innocent until her
guilt is proved in the lawful procedure and established by a court conviction.[5]Procedural steps in the case were continuing when the accounts were
published.[6]
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Photo published with the report on the search of the woman's household in Dnipro.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Cannabis
Living plants; Herbal cannabis
Activity
Cultivation, Possession
Setting
Field, Home
Grown
Outdoor
Charges
illegal sowing or cultivation of cannabis plants (part 1 of article 310); illegal storage of narcotics without intent to sell (part 1 of article 309); illegal storage of a firearm without a lawful permit (part 1 of article 263)
Case stage
Charged
Region
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Date
Approximate
Sources
Телеканал D1d1.uaUKУ Дніпрі місцева мешканка вирощувала коноплі на городі та зберігала саморобний пістолет (Фото)
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Репортерdp.reporter.uaUKУ Дніпрі 45-річну жінку підозрюють у вирощуванні конопель та незаконному зберіганні зброї
Dnipro Todaydniprotoday.comUKКоноплі, канабіс і саморобний пістолет: у Дніпрі повідомили про підозру 45-річній жінці
Open questions the AI reported
The search is dated only as late September; the incident date shown is an estimate for that search, since no exact day was published.
No figure was published for the number of cannabis bushes or the weight of cannabis in the containers, so no quantity is recorded.
The woman is identified only by age; no detention, measure of restraint or court step was reported.
The D1 article says only that a search was carried out, while the regional police statement calls it a court-authorised search.
The cultivation charge under part 1 of article 310 covers between ten and fifty plants, but no plant count in that range was published for this seizure.
The page photo has no caption or credit identifying what it shows.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Головне управління Національної поліції в Дніпропетровській області: Detectives of Dnipro police district department No. 2 searched the home of a 45-year-old local woman in late September 2026.
Left out agencies, as its quotation was not found in Головне управління Національної поліції в Дніпропетровській області.
Left out agency types, as its quotation was not found in Головне управління Національної поліції в Дніпропетровській області.
The page photo is a police handout published without a caption; the caption given describes it as the D1 report’s picture of the seizure.
Репортер also dates the search only as the end of September and gives no plant count, cannabis weight or court step.
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Investigators in Poltava Oblast completed a pre-trial investigation of a man accused of sowing cannabis on his household plot in spring and storing more than 1.2 kg of cannabis. A search seized 17 plants and the dried cannabis, and the indictment under Articles 309 and 310 has gone to court.
A 33-year-old man in Shepetivka will stand trial accused of growing more than 400 cannabis bushes at his home, with dried cannabis also found in his attic. Police completed the investigation and sent an indictment under Part 2 of Article 310 to court.
Two convicts in the Berdychiv correctional centre were notified of suspicion for selling methadone and cannabis to fellow inmates, with the drugs arriving in postal parcels. Late-October searches seized drugs, almost 10,000 hryvnias and other items, and a court ordered both men held without bail.
