35-year-old faces case after 1.2 kg of cannabis found in Gai bathhouse
Police found more than a kilogram of marijuana and about 200 grams of cannabis parts and seeds in a 35-year-old man's bathhouse in Gai, Orenburg Oblast, during the anti-drug operation Kanal – Kaspiysky Mayak. The man said he grew the plants for himself; a criminal case under part 2 of article 228 carries up to 10 years and he was placed under a written undertaking not to leave.
Criminal-investigation officers of the Gaysky interior ministry division
searched the private household of a 35-year-old local man in Gai, Orenburg
Oblast.[1]They found the cannabis in the household’s bathhouse.[2]Officers
seized more than a kilogram of marijuana and about 200 grams of cannabis plant
parts and seeds.[2]The regional interior ministry’s press service reported
the seizure.[2]Police said the search took place during the anti-drug
operation Kanal – Kaspiysky Mayak.[3]
The 35-year-old owner told officers he had grown the seized material at his
household and kept it for personal consumption.[4]The ORT television channel
reported that he said he had gathered the wild cannabis himself.[2]A criminal
case was opened over the find under part 2 of article 228 of the Criminal Code.[1]The case was classified as storage of drugs in a large amount.[3]The
offence carries a maximum of 10 years in prison.[1]The suspect was placed
under a written undertaking not to leave the area; no detention was reported.[1]
The 200 grams covered seeds and plant parts together.[3]
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Police photo credited to ProOren and published with the report of the search of the 35-year-old's household and the bathhouse seizure. Photo: ProOrenPhoto details
The reports give no separate date for the search; 12 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
The two weights are approximate — "more than a kilogram" of marijuana and "about 200 grams" of parts and seeds — so the recorded total of about 1.2 kg is a lower bound.
The accounts differ on the cannabis's origin: the police account published by ProOren and RIA56 says he grew the plants on his plot, while ORT says he gathered wild cannabis.
No figure for the number of plants was published.
No value estimate was published.
Whether the search fell within the CSTO operation's 26–30 October 2026 phase or a later Russian stage is unclear; it was reported on 12 November.
The suspect is identified only by his age and place; no name was published.
No court outcome has been reported and the case remains at the investigation stage.
All the accounts reproduce the same regional interior ministry statement, so they are not independent of each other.
The 200 grams combines seeds and plant parts, so the weight of each is unknown.
No detention was reported; the suspect was placed under a written undertaking not to leave.
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Sakhalin police searched a 39-year-old man from Petropavlovskoye and his flat and outbuildings, seizing 0.62 grams of cannabis and 1,043.5 grams of cannabis plant parts. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 for large-scale drug storage, and he was placed under an undertaking not to leave.
Police searching a homestead in Sadovoye, in Russia's Jewish Autonomous Oblast, seized more than 730 grams of marijuana and 120.65 grams of cannabis oil from an unemployed man born in 1980, along with a gun and 16 cartridges. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 for drug storage on a large scale and administrative papers were drawn up over the weapon.
Police in Bessonovsky district, Penza Oblast, detained a 34-year-old local man and seized about 257 grams of cannabis found on the grounds beside his house. He admitted guilt, said he gathered wild cannabis near his home in July 2026 and made a drug for his own use, and a criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228, which carries up to 10 years.
