Karasuk court jails a man for 228 grams of wild cannabis
Karasuk district court sentenced a previously convicted Karasuk man to three years and six months in a general-regime colony for acquiring and storing 228.6 grams of wild cannabis without intent to sell after police found dried marijuana in his flat in September 2025; he said he picked the plants beside route 50 K-33 for personal use and creative inspiration.
🇷🇺 Karasuk, Novosibirsk Oblast · Russia
- Charged
- 1
- Cannabis
- 228.6 g
- Prison
- 3 years 6 months
Karasuk district court in Novosibirsk Oblast sentenced a Karasuk man who
already had a criminal record to three years and six months in a general-regime
penal colony for illegal acquisition and storage of a large amount of cannabis
without intent to sell, Novaya Sibir reported, citing the court press service
on 14 April 2026.[1] The court press office said that on 25 July 2025 he
picked 228.6 grams of wild cannabis tops near highway 50 K-33, packed them in
four plastic bags and stored them at home for personal use.[1]
On 9 September 2025 police searched his flat and seized 228.6 grams of dried
marijuana.[1] He told investigators he used cannabis to stimulate songwriting
and guitar playing.[2] MK Novosibirsk added that he partially admitted guilt
under part 2 of article 228 of the Criminal Code and that the court added an
unexpired term from an earlier sentence to reach the final three-and-a-half-year
term.[2]
The articles said the verdict could still be appealed.[1]
Sources
- За 228 граммов конопли новосибирца осудили по «народной» статье. Новая Сибирь online, 16 April 2026. In Russian. Archived copy.
- Новосибирец получил 3,5 года колонии за хранение конопли. МК Новосибирск, 16 April 2026. In Russian. Archived copy.
Open questions the AI reported
- The court press service statement quoted in Novaya Sibir is dated 14 April 2026, while news articles appeared on 16 April and do not give the exact day the verdict was pronounced.
- The defendant partially admitted guilt; neither source names him or describes the earlier conviction whose unexpired term was added to the sentence.
- MK's illustration is labelled as AI-generated rather than a police handout of the seizure.
- Sources report the collection on 25 July 2025 and the flat search on 9 September 2025 but not whether he was remanded between those dates.
- The verdict had not entered into force when the articles were published.
