17-year-old held with 7.32 g of dried marijuana in Liepāja; two cases opened
A Liepāja municipal police patrol found ten foil packets of dried marijuana, 7.3213 grams in all, on a 17-year-old boy stopped with two others on Lauku iela on 30 October. State Police opened both an administrative violation process for unauthorised use of narcotic substances and a criminal process for unauthorised storage without intent to sell, and the investigation continues.
🇱🇻 Lauku iela, Liepāja · Latvia
Cannabis
7.3213 g
Agencies
Valsts policijas Dienvidkurzemes iecirknis, Liepājas pašvaldības policijas patruļa
On 30 October, a Liepāja municipal police patrol on Lauku iela noticed three
young people, two of them holding open bottles of alcohol.[1]Because one of
the boys had previously come to the attention of the law enforcers as a minor,
the municipal officers carried out a check and called the State Police.[1]Checking the 17-year-old, the officers found on him and removed ten foil packets
holding a greenish-brown plant substance of state origin.[1]
Suspected of being under the influence of intoxicating substances, the teenager
was taken to a medical institution for an examination.[1]A chemical
examination confirmed the minor had unlawfully stored dried marijuana: ten
packets with a total weight of 7.3213 grams, containing tetrahydrocannabinol.[1]
Officers of the State Police South Kurzeme regional branch opened an
administrative violation process against the teenager for the unauthorised use
of narcotic substances, and a criminal process for their unauthorised storage
without intent to sell.[1]Under the Criminal Law such an offence carries
deprivation of liberty for up to three years, short-term imprisonment, probation
supervision, community service or a fine.[1]The investigation continues.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
7.3213 g
Agencies
Valsts policijas Dienvidkurzemes iecirknis; Liepājas pašvaldības policijas patruļa
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (7.3213 g)
Activity
Possession
Setting
Street or public place
Charges
unauthorised storage of narcotic substances without intent to sell; unauthorised use of narcotic substances
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Liepāja
Sources
liepajniekiem.lvliepajniekiem.lvLVDesmit marihuānas vīstokļi un alkohols uz ielas. Liepājā pie 17 gadus veca jaunieša atrod narkotiskās vielas
Open questions the AI reported
The reports give no separate date for the street check; 30 October 2026 is the only date stated for it and the article was published on 13 November 2026.
No figure for the number of people held, charged or questioned was published: the article names no measure of restraint for the teenager or the other two young people.
The source does not say where the teenager obtained the marijuana or how much of it he had used.
No court date, verdict or penalty outcome was reported; the investigation was described as continuing.
The whole account rests on a single source, which presents the State Police account; no second opened account was found.
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