Zheleznovodsk police established that a 53-year-old resident of the settlement of Inozemtsevo was illegally storing narcotic substances.[1][2][3] Zheleznovodsk officers suspected the man of illegal drug storage and found plastic buckets and paper wraps with contraband in his home during the search.[4][2][5] The man was taken to the police station after the search.[1] He told officers that he had kept the drug for his own personal use.[6][2][5][3]

Forensic examination found that part of the seizure was about 300 grams of cannabis parts, alongside more than a kilogram of ready marijuana and about 310 grams discovered in the outbuilding.[7][2][8][5] Experts confirmed that the seized material was cannabis parts and marijuana with a combined weight of more than 1.5 kg.[1][3] The regional Interior Ministry reported that officers seized 1.5 kg of marijuana from the 53-year-old local resident in Inozemtsevo and said he faces criminal liability.[6]

A criminal case was opened against him for illegal acquisition and storage of narcotic drugs.[7][2] Stavropol police reported the search, the seizure and the detention.[4]

An investigator from the Zheleznovodsk police department opened the case under part 2 of article 228 of the Criminal Code, which covers large-scale acquisition, storage and processing of drugs without intent to sell.[2] The search was carried out by officers of the drug-trafficking control unit.[2]