Two men detained as 1.5 kg of marijuana is seized in Mariinsky District
Police in Mariinsky District, Kemerovo Oblast, detained two villagers aged 49 and 51 after searches of their homes turned up three packets holding 1.5 kg of marijuana. The regional police said the men had prepared the cannabis for their own use, and criminal cases for storing drugs on a large scale were opened against each of them.
🇷🇺 Mariinsky District, Kemerovo Oblast · Russia
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Police of the Kemerovo Oblast Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Police in Mariinsky District, Kemerovo Oblast, detained two local men, aged 49
and 51, at their homes on 6 November after a tip-off about drugs in one of the
district’s villages.[1]The police account says officers received information
about drugs being stored and traced it to two men they knew, aged 49 and 51,
then found three packets of cannabis in their homes.[2][3]
Officers found and seized three packets of cannabis during the searches, and
testing put the total mass of the marijuana at 1.5 kg.[1][3]The Kemerovo Oblast
police said the two men had prepared the cannabis for their own use.[1][4]
Criminal cases for storing drugs in a large amount were opened against the men,
an offence the police said carries up to 10 years in prison.[1]A separate
criminal case was opened against each man, and both face up to ten years in
prison.[2]
The investigating officer of the Mariinsky interior division opened a criminal case against each suspect under part 2 of article 228 of the Criminal Code, which covers unlawful acquisition, storage, transport, making and processing of drugs.[3]
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Полиция Кузбассаt.meRUВ Мариинске сотрудники полиции изъяли у местных жителей 1,5 кг марихуаны
Open questions the AI reported
Both accounts say the men were detained "накануне" (the day before), so 6 November 2026 is inferred for the searches; 7 November is the publications' date.
Neither account names the settlement in Mariinsky District where the two men lived.
The accounts do not say how the 1.5 kg was divided between the two homes.
The exact Criminal Code article and part is not stated; only the charge name, unlawful storage of drugs on a large scale, is given.
No court outcome, measure of restraint, or information on whether the two criminal cases were merged was reported.
Both outlets reproduce the same regional police statement, and the two photos published with the VSE42.RU report are police handout images.
The men are identified only by age; no names were published.
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