Kursk man gets 3 months for growing 103 cannabis plants
A 48-year-old Kursk resident was convicted of unlawfully cultivating 103 cannabis plants on his property and sentenced to three months of restriction of freedom. Police found the planting during operative-search measures and an examination confirmed the plants contained a narcotic drug.
🇷🇺 Kursk, Kursk Oblast · Russia
Charged
1
Plants destroyed
103
Prison
3 months restriction of freedom
A 48-year-old local resident of Kursk was found guilty of unlawfully cultivating
plants containing narcotic drugs on a large scale.[1]The conviction was
entered under part 1 of article 231 of the Russian Criminal Code.[1]Prosecutors of the Central Administrative District of Kursk supported the state
prosecution in his criminal case.[1]
The court found that the man had planted several cannabis seeds on the grounds
of his own house.[1]He then regularly tended the plants in the subsequent
period, watering them, weeding the beds and clearing the plot of weeds.[1]Law-enforcement officers discovered the unlawful planting during
operative-search measures.[1]An expert examination then confirmed that the
seized plants were cannabis containing a narcotic drug.[1]
The articles give no separate date for the sentence; 2 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
The convicted man's full name was not published, only that he is a 48-year-old local resident.
No detention, additional seizure weight, or prior procedural step beyond discovery was reported.
The RIA Kursk account repeats the prosecutor's release, so the two sources are not fully independent.
The submitted page's photo is captioned only with the article title and its file name suggests a prosecutor building, which does not establish that it shows this planting, so no media entry is included.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in РИА Курск: The defendant fully admitted his guilt at the trial.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in РИА Курск: A magistrate sentenced him to three months of restriction of freedom, taking the prosecutor's position into account.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in РИА Курск: He had set up the unlawful cannabis plantation directly on the territory of his house plot.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Прокуратура Курской области: As a result of that care, the planting grew to a total of 103 bushes.
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