Dupnitsa man gets 4 months for 1.16 g marijuana in underwear
A Dupnitsa court approved a guilty plea and gave a 25-year-old man four months in prison for holding 1.16 g of marijuana, worth 11.87 euros, on two days in August 2026. A six-month sentence for an earlier marijuana offence was put into effect as well, because the new one fell in its probation period.
Dupnitsa district court imposed a four-month prison term on a 25-year-old man
who pleaded guilty to holding cannabis marijuana.[1][2]The court approved an
agreement reached between the district prosecution, the defence and the accused.[1]The charge covered a continuing offence in the town of Dupnitsa in the
period from 2 August 2026 to 5 August 2026 inclusive.[1]
On 2 August 2026 in Dupnitsa, in front of a courier company office, he held 0.43
grams net weight of cannabis marijuana in his underwear.[1]On 5 August 2026
in Dupnitsa, in front of a casino, he held 0.73 grams net weight of cannabis
marijuana in a front trouser pocket.[1]The total seized marijuana was 1.16
grams, valued at 11.87 euros.[3]
The court ordered that time he had spent held under a detention measure be
deducted from the term.[1]The court also put into effect an earlier six-month
prison sentence imposed on him for holding marijuana under case number 65/2025
of the Dupnitsa district court.[1][4]That order on the earlier sentence can be
appealed or protested within 15 days before the Kyustendil district court.[1]He held the substances without the permit required under the Narcotics and
Precursors Control Act.[1]
The earlier six-month sentence was also set to be served under an initial general regime, and that order can be appealed or protested within 15 days before the Kyustendil district court.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Convicted
1
Sentenced
1
Cannabis
1.16 g
Prison
4 months plus a re-activated 6-month term
Value (official estimate)
EUR 11.9
Agency type
Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (1.16 g)
Setting
Prison
Case stage
On appeal
Sentence
Prison
Sources
DenNews.bgdennews.bgBGМарихуана в бельото за 11 евро вкара за 6 месеца рецидивист от Дупница
Pirinsko.compirinsko.comBGРецидив в изпитателния срок: Ефективен затвор за дупничанин, хванат с марихуана
Вяра Newsviaranews.comBGЧетири месеца затвор за млад дупничанин, кътал марихуана в бельото си
Инфомрежаinfomreja.bgBGПиян ученик, карал кола е осъден в Дупница, младеж влиза в затвора заради дрога
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Neither article states the exact date of the sentencing hearing; 6 November 2026, the publication date, is used as the incident date.
The defendant is identified only by initials, R.B., and his age, 25.
The earlier six-month term was imposed under case number 65/2025 of the Dupnitsa district court; no date for that sentence is reported.
No information was published on whether an appeal against the re-activation order was filed.
The pictures on both pages are illustrative and are not confirmed to show this case.
The Infomreja article gives no case number for the earlier 2025 marijuana sentence, while Pirinsko.com attributes case number 65/2025 to it.
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