56-year-old held with over 400 g marijuana in Minsk Region home grow
Minsk City police detained a 56-year-old Minsk Region resident who grew cannabis in a room of his private house from seeds bought on an online drug market. Officers seized two pots with cannabis plants, growing equipment and more than 400 grams of marijuana, and a criminal case was opened.
Officers detained a 56-year-old Minsk Region resident who had fitted out a room
in his private house for growing narcotic-containing plants.[1]The account
came from the Minsk City police department, the GUVD Mingorispolkoma, which
covers the capital rather than the Minsk Region police.[1]
At his home, officers found and seized two pots with soil and cannabis plants,
containers of fertilizer and equipment for growing narcotic-containing plants.[1]The same search turned up smoking devices and more than 400 grams of
ready-to-use marijuana.[1]A criminal case was opened.[1]
The man had bought the seeds at an online drug market and grew the plants in his
room.[1]A second outlet, citing the GUVD through BelTA on the same day,
reported that police had shut down the activity of the 56-year-old Minsk Region
man, suspected of illegal drug trafficking.[2]It said the search of the home
yielded two pots with soil and cannabis bushes, fertilizer containers, growing
equipment and more than 400 grams of ready marijuana.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
400 g
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
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Open questions the AI reported
The articles give no separate date for the search and detention; 7 October 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
Only that the marijuana exceeded 400 grams was published, so 0.4 kg is recorded as the stated minimum.
The number of cannabis plants was not given, only two pots with plants, so no plant count is recorded.
The detained man was not named, no age of charge or article was given, and no custody measure or court outcome was reported.
The Minsk Region resident's town or district was not named, so the place is recorded at region level.
Both accounts republish the GUVD Mingorispolkoma statement carried by BelTA, so they are not fully independent.
Three men aged 22 to 27 were detained in a Minsk suburb after officers found 50 g of marijuana and six cannabis pots in a rented house. One of them had built an app for remote climate control of the grow, and a criminal case was opened against all three.
Minsk police detained a 43-year-old resident after seizing more than 400 grams of marijuana from his city apartment and his dacha plot in Minsk District. He said he made it from wild cannabis for personal use; a criminal case was opened carrying up to five years in prison.
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.
Police in Bobruisk detained a 32-year-old courier for an online drug shop and seized more than 600 g of hashish and marijuana, plus 2,000 LSD stamps, from him, his home and caches in four cities, the Interior Ministry said. Investigators opened a drug-trafficking case and he faces up to 15 years in prison.
