Kazan police jail a man with a greenhouse of 30 cannabis plants and over 3 kg of marijuana
Kazan drug-control officers arrested a 36-year-old unemployed man from Pestrechinsky district while he waited for a buyer in a car, then searched his home in Kamysh village, seized more than three kilograms of marijuana, 30 greenhouse cannabis plants and growing gear, and remanded him in custody.
🇷🇺 Kamysh, Pestrechinsky district, Tatarstan · Russia
- Arrested
- 1
- Plants destroyed
- 30
- Cannabis
- 3 kg
Kazan drug-control officers stopped a 36-year-old unemployed man from Pestrechinsky district
who they said cultivated cannabis and made marijuana for sale.[1] They detained him in his
Volkswagen Tiguan on a city car park while he waited for a buyer, and under the driver’s seat
found two containers with 15 grams of marijuana confirmed by testing.[1]
At his home in Kamysh village officers seized five more glass jars of marijuana, 30 cannabis
plants from a greenhouse in the yard, and equipment including seeds, fertiliser, LED lamps,
ventilation, scales and packing materials.[1][2] Expert examination put the total amount of
marijuana at more than three kilograms.[1][2]
City police investigators opened cases for attempted large-scale trafficking and illegal
cultivation of narcotic plants, and a court ordered the man held in custody.[1][2]
Sources
- В Казани задержан наркоторговец, изготавливавший марихуану из выращенной в теплице конопли. МВД Медиа, 10 June 2026. In Russian.
- В Казани поймали наркоторговца, растившего в саду коноплю на марихуану. Татар-информ, 10 June 2026. In Russian. Archived copy.
Open questions the AI reported
- The Tatarstan MVD says 15 grams were found in two containers under the driver's seat of his Volkswagen Tiguan, while Tatar-inform reports 30 grams in the car; both agree the overall seizure exceeded three kilograms after the house search.
- Neither source names the suspect, the parking lot where he was stopped or any buyer.
- Tatar-inform follows the republican MVD release and does not cite separate witnesses.
- Sources do not say whether the greenhouse plants were counted toward destruction figures or kept solely as evidence.
