Krasnoyarsk court gives garage cannabis grower seven and a half years
A 37-year-old Krasnoyarsk man was sentenced to seven and a half years in a strict-regime colony for growing about 48 cannabis plants in two rooms of his garage in the Yemelyanovsky district. Officers seized 26 kg of marijuana, 600 g of cannabis oil, 2 kg of plant parts and 50 g of hashish.
🇷🇺 Yemelyanovo, Yemelyanovsky district, Krasnoyarsk Krai · Russia
- Charged
- 1
- Cannabis
- 26 kg
- Prison
- 7 years 6 months (strict regime)
The Sverdlovsky district court in Krasnoyarsk sentenced a local man to seven and a half years in a
strict-regime penal colony for growing cannabis and making drugs for sale.[1] The verdict entered
into legal force on 3 June 2026.[1]
From March 2024 to March 2025 he fitted out two rooms of a garage on his land in the Yemelyanovsky
district with lamps, automatic watering and extractor ventilation, and grew about 48 cannabis
bushes.[1][2] Officers of the FSB border directorate for Novosibirsk Oblast searched the site in
March 2025 and seized 26 kg of marijuana, 600 g of cannabis oil, almost 2 kg of plant parts and 50 g
of hashish.[1][2]
The man was held in custody during the investigation.[1][2] The case was sent to the Sverdlovsky
district court, which convicted him of illegal cultivation and attempted production and sale of
drugs.[1][2]
Sources
- Создатель домашней наркоплантации в Красноярском крае получил срок. Dela.ru, 8 June 2026. In Russian.
- За плантацию конопли в гараже и заготовку 26 кг марихуаны осудят наркодельца из Красноярского края. MVD Media (GU MVD Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai), 19 February 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The man's name was not published.
- The reports give his age as 36 in February and 37 in June 2026.
- The verdict date was not published; Dela.ru says it entered into force on 3 June 2026.
- The 26 kg figure is marijuana alone; the hashish and cannabis oil are additional.
- No appeal was reported.