42-year-old courier held with 14.5 kg hashish near Nefteyugansk
Police on the R-404 road near Nefteyugansk detained a 42-year-old courier carrying about 14.5 kg of hashish hidden in his UAZ Pickup. A criminal case for attempted large-scale drug sale was opened and the man was placed in custody.
🇷🇺 R-404 highway near Nefteyugansk, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra · Russia
Police stopped a UAZ Pickup on the R-404 road near Nefteyugansk at the 13th
kilometre of the approach to Surgut.[1]The driver was a 42-year-old resident
of Rostov Oblast.[1]Officers found eight briquettes hidden behind the metal
lining of the SUV’s body, with a total weight of about 14.5 kg.[1]Expert
analysis confirmed that the seized substance was hashish weighing about 14.5 kg.[2]The operation involved officers of the district UMVD drug-control
department and Nefteyugansk traffic police.[1]Police detained the suspect,
who gave confessional testimony.[2]
The man said he had collected the load in St Petersburg and was taking it to
Nizhnevartovsk to hand over to unidentified people.[1]A criminal case was
opened against him for attempted drug sale and illegal trafficking of prohibited
substances on an especially large scale.[1]The Nefteyugansk investigative
department qualified the case under part 3 of article 30 and items 4(g) and 5 of
article 228.1 of the Criminal Code.[3]He faces 15 to 20 years of imprisonment
and was placed in custody.[1]Police are working to identify possible
accomplices and the organisers of the supply channel.[1]
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No separate date for the roadside stop was published; 13 November 2026 is the publication date of all three reports and is used as the incident date.
The hashish weight is reported as approximate (about 14.5 kg), with no exact laboratory figure published.
No court outcome beyond custody and the opened criminal case was reported; the possible 15-to-20-year sentence is the penalty the charge carries, not a sentence imposed.
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