Police from the Dobele precinct dismantled two sites where cannabis was being grown in Penkule and Ķegums parishes early in July 2019, the Zemgale Regional Administration said.[1] The operation was carried out within a criminal case that had already been opened.[1]

During searches at a privately owned non-residential building, officers found 69 cannabis seedlings and 54 recently planted bushes in a purpose-built greenhouse.[1] Police seized a total of 2,054 grams of undried marijuana there.[1]

In further investigative steps police shut down a second site in Ķegums, where the growing operation had been set up inside a residential house and a greenhouse standing next to it.[1] The search of the private house yielded 16 bushes and the greenhouse five more, and officers also found several packages of already dried material.[1]

Police detained two men born in 1973 and 1994.[1] The younger man, described as a user of the substance, was found carrying 2.7317 grams of marijuana at the time of his detention.[1] All the seized substances were sent for expert examination.[1] Both men were given a preventive measure not involving deprivation of liberty, and investigators were to check whether either of them was linked to other crimes.[1] The State Police had opened criminal proceedings in the case.[1]