Tourism association's representative fined 330 euros over five cannabis plants
Pirkanmaan käräjäoikeus sentenced the man responsible for the rented premises of the Lempäälän seudun matkailuyhdistys tourism association to 55 day-fines after police found five cannabis plants grown under a lamp there. The fine came to 330 euros plus an 80-euro victim surcharge, and the man, now 51, had admitted the offence from the house search of 27 May 2024.
Pirkanmaan käräjäoikeus, the district court of the Pirkanmaa region, sentenced
the man who was responsible for the premises of the Lempäälän seudun
matkailuyhdistys, a local tourism association in Lempäälä, to 55 day-fines for a
drug offence.[1]Police found five cannabis plants during a house search in
the premises the association rented.[1]A lamp had been used to help the
plants grow.[1]According to the court, the association’s representative had
grown hemp for use as a narcotic or as a raw material for one.[1]The
defendant is now 51 years old and the offence took place in Lempäälä on 27 May
2024.[1]The court dated the offence to 27 May 2024 in Lempäälä.[1]
The prosecutor asked for a punishment for the drug offence and for a victim
surcharge.[1]The defendant admitted the act in the preliminary investigation.[1]The defendant did not come to court, but had been summoned by a notice that
the case could be heard and decided in his absence.[1]The court found that
this evidence supported the charge and the admission.[1]
The court found no reason to doubt that the admission was valid and convicted
the defendant of the drug offence.[1]The court sentenced him to 55 day-fines
for the drug offence.[1]The fine was set at 55 day-fines of six euros each,
making 330 euros.[1]He must also pay an 80-euro victim surcharge.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No separate date for the judgment at Pirkanmaan käräjäoikeus is given; the article was published on 5 November 2026 and 27 May 2024 is the date of the offence stated in the text.
Only one accessible account of this case was found; searches in Finnish turned up no police statement or other outlet reporting it.
No figure for the weight, area or value of the plants was published, and the article does not say whether the five plants were taken away or destroyed.
The article does not say what the plants were worth or whether any cannabis product was seized.
The defendant is identified only as a man, now 51, and no name or role beyond representative of the association is given.
The article does not say whether the man was arrested or questioned at the time of the 2024 house search, or whether the association itself was investigated.
The article does not state whether the sentence was appealed or whether it is legally final.
The court record cited as evidence is described as covering the house search and a seizure (takavarikko), while the search is said to have found the plants in the association's rented premises; the article does not clarify exactly where in the premises they were found.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Tilannemedia: The written evidence was a record of the house search and of a seizure, together with a set of photographs.
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