60-year-old held in Nevinnomyssk with about 5 kg of marijuana
Police in Nevinnomyssk detained a 60-year-old man after finding about 5 kg of marijuana spread across the floor and windowsills of his home. He said he kept the drug for personal use, and investigators opened a criminal case under part 2 of article 228.
Officers of the Nevinnomyssk drug-control police identified a local man
suspected of unlawfully storing drugs.[1]The stock of the banned substance
was found during a search of the 60-year-old man’s house.[1]Police detained
the 60-year-old man on suspicion of unlawful drug storage.[2]During the
search, officers found dried plant material laid out on the floor and
windowsills.[3]An expert examination confirmed that the seized material was
marijuana with a total weight of about 5 kilograms.[3]He admitted holding the
drug only for himself and said he had not intended to sell it.[2]
The investigative department of the Nevinnomyssk interior ministry department
opened a criminal case under part 2 of article 228 of the Criminal Code.[1]Police described the case as one of unlawful acquisition, storage and processing
of narcotics.[2]Police said they were working to establish where the man had
obtained the banned substance.[1]The account was attributed to the press
service of the Stavropol regional interior ministry.[2]
Photos and video
Police handout photo published with the seizure report, showing the marijuana found in the man's house. Photo: Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Stavropol KraiPhoto details
Победа 26pobeda26.ruRUВ Невинномысске у 60-летнего мужчины нашли около 5 кг марихуаны
1777.runews.1777.ruRUПочти 5 кг марихуаны нашли в квартире 60-летнего невинномыссца
Open questions the AI reported
The reports give no separate date for the search or detention; 12 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
The weight is reported only as about five kilograms, not an exact measured figure.
One headline describes the premises as a flat while the reports' bodies describe a house or homestead; this report follows the bodies and records the setting as a home.
The man's name was not published and the source of the drug had not been established when the reports appeared.
No measure of restraint, charge sheet beyond the opened case, or court outcome was reported; the case stood at the investigation stage.
All three accounts trace back to the same regional police statement, with no independent account beyond the police reports.
Police found more than a kilogram of marijuana and about 200 grams of cannabis parts and seeds in a 35-year-old man's bathhouse in Gai, Orenburg Oblast, during the anti-drug operation Kanal – Kaspiysky Mayak. The man said he grew the plants for himself; a criminal case under part 2 of article 228 carries up to 10 years and he was placed under a written undertaking not to leave.
Police in Pavlovsky District, Voronezh Oblast, seized more than 346 grams of cannabis from the attic of a 19-year-old resident of Vorontsovka village. The young man said he had gathered wild bushes nearby for personal use, and a criminal case on large-scale drug storage was opened, carrying up to 10 years in prison.
Sakhalin police searched a 39-year-old man from Petropavlovskoye and his flat and outbuildings, seizing 0.62 grams of cannabis and 1,043.5 grams of cannabis plant parts. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 for large-scale drug storage, and he was placed under an undertaking not to leave.
Police searching a homestead in Sadovoye, in Russia's Jewish Autonomous Oblast, seized more than 730 grams of marijuana and 120.65 grams of cannabis oil from an unemployed man born in 1980, along with a gun and 16 cartridges. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 for drug storage on a large scale and administrative papers were drawn up over the weapon.
