Gomel customs detain bus passenger with 60 g of marijuana bound for Russia
Gomel customs officers, working with police, detained a 35-year-old resident of Zhlobin whose personal belongings held 60 grams of marijuana as he travelled by bus to Russia for work. He said he had gathered and dried the plants himself, and customs opened a criminal case that carries up to seven years in prison.
🇧🇾 Gomel, Gomel Oblast · Belarus
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Arrested
1
Cannabis
60 g
Agencies
State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus, Central district police department +2
Gomel customs officers, working with staff of the Central district police
department and the Dobrush district traffic police, detained a 35-year-old
resident of Zhlobin with marijuana.[1]The man was a bus passenger travelling
to Russia for work and intended to take the drug out of Belarus with him.[1]
Plastic bags holding a partly ground brown-green plant substance were found when
officers examined his personal belongings.[1]The State Committee of Forensic
Expertise for Gomel Oblast confirmed the substance was marijuana weighing 60
grams.[1]The man, who already has a conviction under part 3 of article 328 of
the Criminal Code, said he had gathered and dried the plants himself.[1]
The Gomel regional newspaper Petrikovskiye novosti republished the customs
statement, crediting the Gomel customs press service.[2]Gomel customs opened
a criminal case against him under part 1 of article 14 and part 1 of article
328-1 of the Criminal Code, which carry a maximum of seven years in prison.[1]
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Arrested
1
Cannabis
60 g
Agencies
State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus; Central district police department; Dobrush district traffic police; State Committee of Forensic Expertise for Gomel Oblast
Agency type
Customs, Police, Other
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (60 g)
Activity
Possession, Processing
Setting
Vehicle
Charge
part 1 of article 14 and part 1 of article 328-1 of the Criminal Code (attempted illicit movement of narcotic drugs across the border)
Петрыкаўскiя навiныpetrikov.byRUПри проведении спецмероприятий гомельские таможенники задержали 35-летнего жителя Жлобина с марихуаной
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The customs page gives no separate date for the detention beyond its 11 September 2025 publication date, which is used as the incident date.
The page does not say where in Gomel Oblast the bus was stopped or searched, so the place is given at regional precision only.
The maximum penalty of seven years is the sanction the charge carries, not a sentence; no court outcome is reported.
The previous conviction is described only by the article number, with no sentence or date given.
No value is given for the 60 grams, and the statements do not say whether the whole amount was retained as evidence.
The two accessible accounts reproduce the same customs statement; the second is an attributed reprint.
The six photographs on the customs page carry no captions or credits; two are listed, and what exactly they show could not be confirmed from the page text.
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