39-year-old held with 2.35 kg of wild marijuana in a Bobrovsky District shed
Voronezh Oblast police seized 2352.81 grams of marijuana from the shed of a 39-year-old resident of the khutor of Khrenishche in Bobrovsky District. He admitted drying wild cannabis for personal use, a criminal case under part 2 of article 228 was opened, and he was detained with a maximum penalty of 10 years.
🇷🇺 Khrenishche, Bobrovsky District, Voronezh Oblast · Russia
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The suspect is a 39-year-old resident of the khutor of Khrenishche in Bobrovsky
District, Voronezh Oblast.[1]Police searched the shed and grounds of the
property and found and seized parts of wild cannabis.[1]
Testing confirmed the material was marijuana, with the measured weight given as
2352.81 grams of cannabis.[2]The man admitted that he had found wild-growing
cannabis bushes near the village, gathered them, dried them and stored them for
personal consumption.[2]
Police opened a criminal case under part 2 of article 228 of the Russian
Criminal Code, and the man was detained and is held in a temporary detention
facility.[1]
The exact date of the search was not published; 13 November 2026 is the date of the regional police statement and of publication, and is used as the incident date.
No court outcome has been reported; the case was at the investigation stage and the man was reported to be held in a temporary detention facility.
Left out arrested, as no supporting quotation was given.
Left out kg seized, as no supporting quotation was given.
No photo of this seizure was published; Komsomolskaya Pravda labelled its lead image as from the KP archive.
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