Police find 89 cannabis plants and 17.5 kg at two Gatchina dachas
Police detained a 36-year-old resident of Mondelevo after searching two neighbouring houses on his dacha plots in the Gatchina district. They seized 89 cannabis plants, about 17.5 kilograms of ready plant mass, electronic scales and packaging material.
🇷🇺 Mondelevo, Gatchina district, Leningrad Oblast · Russia
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 17.5 kg
Officers of the anti-drug directorate of the St Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast police detained a
36-year-old resident of Mondelevo, a village in the Gatchina district.[1][2] In two neighbouring
houses on his dacha plots they found growboxes with artificial lighting, ventilation and watering
systems.[1][2]
The houses held 89 cannabis bushes and about 17.5 kilograms of ready plant mass, part of it already
packed into sacks; officers also seized electronic scales and packaging.[1][2]
Tests confirmed the presence of a drug in the plants.[1] The Gatchina police opened a criminal case
for attempted especially large-scale sale of drugs, and the man was placed in a temporary detention
centre.[1][2] Police were looking for possible accomplices and further episodes.[1]
Sources
- У дачного наркоагронома из Ленобласти полиция изъяла крупную партию марихуаны и 89 кустов каннабиса. MVD Media (GU MVD Russia for St Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast), 16 July 2026. In Russian.
- Полиция нашла под Гатчиной наркоферму с 89 кустами конопли и 17,5 кг готовой курительной «травки». Растениевод задержан. Megapolis, 16 July 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The man's name was not published.
- The reports give no separate date for the searches; 16 July 2026 is the publication date.
- The 17.5 kg is described as about that figure and as ready plant mass, not dried marijuana alone.
- The reports do not say whether both houses belonged to the same dacha plot.
- No trial outcome was reported.
