45-year-old in Murmino sent to court over 560 g of cannabis
A 45-year-old Murmino man was detained with 560 grams of cannabis he said he made from wild plants for personal use. Prosecutors charged him under Article 228(2) and sent the case to Ryazansky District Court, where he faces up to 10 years in prison.
🇷🇺 Murmino, Ryazansky District, Ryazan Oblast · Russia
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Cannabis
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Police detained a 45-year-old resident of the settlement of Murmino on suspicion
of illegally storing drugs.[1]Prosecutors accuse him of illegally making and
storing a large batch of drugs.[2]His criminal case was sent for
consideration to Ryazansky District Court.[2]He is charged under part 2 of
Article 228 of the Criminal Code for illegal acquisition and storage of drugs on
a large scale without intent to sell.[3]He faces up to ten years in prison if
convicted.[2]He told police the drug was intended for his own use.[1]
Investigators say that in September 2026 the man collected parts of wild
cannabis plants growing in the district.[2]He used those plant parts to make
cannabis weighing more than 560 grams, described by police as marijuana.[3]He
kept the substance at his home in Murmino.[3]Police found the substance in a
container in his outbuilding, identified as 560 grams of marijuana.[1]Officers found and seized the prohibited substance during operational search
measures.[2]
The detention was carried out by the regional Interior Ministry department
together with Ryazansky district police.[1]The case was sent to court with an
approved indictment from the Ryazan district prosecutor’s office.[3]
The prosecution accounts give only the 3 November 2026 publication date and no separate date for transfer to court, so the publication date is used as the incident date.
The weight is reported as more than 560 grams in the prosecution accounts and as 560 grams in the detention account; the report records 0.56 kg.
No court outcome had been reported when the sources were published.
The YA62 page photo caption does not establish that it shows this seizure, and the earlier detention photo is a generic 2023 arrest image, so no media entry is added.
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