Kuznetsk police detain a 48-year-old and seize almost 498 grams of marijuana
Police in Kuznetsk, Penza Oblast, detained a 48-year-old man and seized a box of marijuana weighing almost 498 grams, which he said he had picked by a river the day before for his own use. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 of the Criminal Code, which carries up to 10 years in prison.
🇷🇺 Kuznetsk, Penza Oblast · Russia
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 498 g
Police in Kuznetsk, Penza Oblast, detained a 48-year-old local man suspected of
illegally storing a large quantity of drugs.[1] The Kuznetsk district police
said they had checked a report that the man was involved in trafficking
narcotics.[2][3] During operational-search measures, officers found and seized a
box of plant material from the man and sent it for expert examination.[4][3] An
expert examination identified the contents of the box as marijuana weighing
almost 498 grams.[2][3] The man admitted guilt and said he had collected parts of
the plant during a walk by the river the day before, for his own use.[5][3] He
described the plants as wild and said he had not intended to sell them.[1]
The regional Interior Ministry’s press service confirmed that a criminal case
had been opened.[2][3] It was brought under part 2 of article 228 of the Criminal
Code, which covers illegal storage of drugs on a large scale.[1] The offence
carries up to 10 years in prison.[2][3]
Sources
- Жителю Кузнецка грозит до 10 лет колонии за собранное у реки растение. Столица58, 1 November 2026. In Russian.
- Полиция изъяла у кузнечанина почти полкилограмма наркотического средства. Пенза-Взгляд, 1 November 2026. In Russian.
- Почти полкилограмма марихуаны изъяли у жителя Кузнецка. УМВД России по Пензенской области, 1 November 2026. In Russian.
- У жителя Кузнецка изъяли почти полкило наркотиков. МК в Пензе, 1 November 2026. In Russian.
- У кузнечанина изъяли почти полкилограмма марихуаны. ПензаИнформ, 1 November 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports give no date for the detention or the seizure; 1 November 2026 is the publication date, and the man said he gathered the plant the day before.
- No court outcome is reported; up to 10 years is the maximum penalty the charge carries, not a sentence imposed.
- The man is not named, and no measure of restraint, criminal record or street value was reported.
- All four accounts reproduce the Penza Oblast Interior Ministry's press release, so there is no independent witness account.
- The submitted page uses an archive picture of a police uniform patch, and no photograph of the seized box could be confirmed as showing this case, so no media are listed.
- The VK post displays only a relative timestamp ('17 h ago'), so its exact publication time is not recorded; its 1 November 2026 date is inferred from the relative timestamp and the same-day reports.
