Drug-control officers of Minsk’s Zavodsky district police department detained three young men aged 22 to 27 in a suburb of the capital.[1][2] Those detained were a Minsk resident, a Grodno resident and a resident of Gomel Region.[1][2][3] The men had rented a house in the suburb to use as a drug plantation.[1][3] The detention was reported through the Minsk police Telegram channel Militsiya Minska.[1]

Police presented the case as cultivation of drug-containing plants stepping into a digital format.[1] The cannabis was grown through a specially developed application.[1] Officers found 50 g of marijuana, six pots with cannabis, seeds and growing equipment in their possession.[1][2][3] The detainees claimed they cultivated the drug-containing plants exclusively for themselves.[1]

To reduce visits to the plantation, one of the men developed an application to manage the growing process.[1] The app allowed him to remotely monitor and adjust humidity, temperature and lighting to maintain full climate control.[1][3] A criminal case was opened against all three men.[1][3] No court outcome beyond the opened case was reported.[1]

The police’s own announcement said officers seized not only growing equipment but also devices for running the illegal plantation.[4]

The same page also reports, citing Tochka BY, that a 44-year-old Minsk man was detained for growing cannabis in the basement of the apartment block where he lived, keeping 550 g of marijuana and 20 g of psilocybin.[3]