Four men jailed after 149 cannabis plants seized in Liburnija
Primorje-Gorski Kotar drug police searched four men aged 44 to 60 across Liburnija on 14 May 2025, seizing 149 cannabis plants and about 7.3 kilograms of marijuana; a judge later ordered all four held in pre-trial detention.
Drug officers from the Primorje-Gorski Kotar police, working with colleagues in
Opatija and special units, searched homes, a house under construction and vehicles
at several Liburnija sites on 14 May 2025 under warrants from the Rijeka county
court.[1]They seized more than 140 cannabis plants between 27 centimetres and
one metre tall and about 7,300 grams of marijuana, along with scales, fans,
reflectors and cash in several currencies.[1]Police said the four Croatian men,
aged 44, 49 and 60, had grown the plants this year to sell for profit.[1]After
the investigation they were charged with unauthorised production and trafficking
of drugs and handed to a pre-trial judge.[1]
Burin reported on 17 May that an investigating judge at the Rijeka county court
had ordered all four men held in custody because they might reoffend if left at
liberty.[2]Its account of the same case put the haul at 149 plants and about
7.3 kilograms of marijuana spread across grows in Mošćenička Draga, Veprinc and
Rukavac.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
4
Plants destroyed
149
Cannabis
7.3 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (7.3 kg); Living plants (149 plants)
Burinburin.hrHRArchived copyU riječki zatvor smještena četvorica uzgajivača cannabisa: labosi s nasadima otkriveni u Mošćeničkoj Dragi, Veprincu i Rukavcu, nađeno i sedam kila "trave"
Open questions the AI reported
Police first reported more than 140 plants and about 7,300 grams; Burin's court report counts 149 plants and 7.3 kilograms in more detail.
Burin published initials and home towns for the four men; the police release did not name them.
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