Minsk man, 27, held over online shop and 320 g hashish
Minsk drug-control officers detained a 27-year-old resident who ran his own online drug shop after starting as a stash-maker, seizing more than 320 g of hashish from his flat and caches. Investigators opened a trafficking case and liquidated the shop; he faces up to 15 years in prison.
🇧🇾 Minsk · Belarus
Arrested
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Cannabis
320 g
Drug-control officers in Minsk detained a 27-year-old Minsk resident who had
organised an online shop for selling prohibited substances.[1]He was
registered as self-employed and worked drilling wells, while first working as a
zakladchik, a courier who places drugs in hidden caches, for another drug shop
and equipping caches during work trips.[2]Police said his main income came
from the drug scheme rather than the drilling work.[1]He later bought large
batches of prohibited substances, divided them into small doses and sold them
through the online shop he had created.[2]Deputy Zavodsky district police
chief Dmitry Belik, the criminal-police chief, gave these details.[2]Investigators opened a criminal case for illegal drug trafficking with intent to
sell, and the detained man faces up to 15 years in prison.[2]
Officers searching his flat and caches he had equipped in Minsk found and seized
more than 320 grams of hashish, police said.[2]Police said the online shop
has been liquidated.[1]
The articles give no separate date for the detention and searches; 3 November 2026 is their publication date and is used as the incident date.
The detained man was not named, only described as a 27-year-old Minsk resident.
Reports mention large batches of prohibited substances in general but quantify only hashish, so figures record only the more than 320 g of hashish.
The reported up to 15 years is the penalty he faces, not a sentence, so no prison figure is recorded.
SB.by labels its picture an illustrative photo and the Minsk-News image uses a 2023 file image, so neither is established to show this event and no media entry is included.
Both accounts rest on Minsk police statements; no independent account was found.
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