Drug-control officers of the Kaliningrad regional Interior Ministry identified three residents of the regional capital who were growing cannabis and selling marijuana.[1] A 31-year-old man had set up a cannabis plantation in a dacha house in a gardeners’ partnership, known as an SNT, in Kaliningrad, where he grew cannabis, processed it into drugs and passed the product to two acquaintance couriers for sale.[1] Officers later detained two 29-year-old Kaliningrad residents who acted as couriers.[1] The couriers received batches of cannabis from the grower and sold them through hidden dead-drop stashes and hand to hand.[1]

An inspection of the dacha premises found 82 cannabis plants, 2.7 kilograms of dried cannabis and specialised growing equipment.[1] Officers found another 3.4 kilograms of marijuana at the grower’s residence.[1] A search at one courier’s residence seized more than 1.6 kilograms of marijuana and 30 vapes whose contents proved to be 27 grams of hash oil in total.[1] The second account totalled the marijuana linked to the grower at more than 6 kilograms.[2]

City investigators opened criminal cases for attempted illegal sale of drugs and illegal cultivation of cannabis.[1] Police said they are now establishing the channel that supplied the region with the laced e-cigarettes.[1]