Young couple held as 224 cannabis plants seized in Lomonosovsky District
Police in Lomonosovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, detained a young married couple accused of fitting out two houses as an indoor cannabis plantation. Officers seized 224 cannabis bushes and about 17 kg of plant material, and a criminal case for attempted drug sale was opened with both suspects remanded in custody.
🇷🇺 Lomonosovsky District, Leningrad Oblast · Russia
In Lomonosovsky District, police detained a young married couple who lived in a
gardening community on suspicion of unlawful drug trafficking.[1]Both members
of the couple were remanded in custody.[1]A criminal case for attempted
illegal production, sale or dispatch of narcotic drugs was opened against them
under articles 30 and 228.1 of the Criminal Code.[2]
According to police, the man had fitted out both buildings for cultivating
cannabis and planned to sell the finished product.[1]Officers found 51 bushes
and a sack of plant parts in one house.[1]In the second building they found
another 173 bushes and three sacks of plant mass.[1]In total, police seized
224 cannabis bushes and about 17 kg of plant material.[1]Police also seized
cultivation equipment and packing materials.[2]
The account was attributed to Irina Volk, an official representative of the
Russian Interior Ministry.[2]Police said the exact mass of the substance will
be established by expert examination.[1]Police are working to establish
possible accomplices.[1]
Photos and video
Police handout photo published with the account of the Lomonosovsky District cannabis seizure. Photo: MVD of RussiaPhoto details
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