Nizhny Novgorod man held with nine cannabis plants in his flat
Police in Nizhny Novgorod detained a 37-year-old man who grew nine cannabis plants in his flat under lamps and grow boxes, and seized 142 grams of ready-to-use drug in a glass jar. A criminal case was opened, he admitted his guilt, and the offence he was accused of carries up to 15 years in prison.
🇷🇺 Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast · Russia
Police in Nizhny Novgorod detained a 37-year-old man suspected of cultivating
drug-containing plants, the regional interior ministry’s press service said.[1]He had grown nine cannabis plants in his flat, according to the regional
headquarters of the Interior Ministry.[1]
During a search officers found specialist lamps, grow boxes, electronic scales,
a vacuum sealer and packaging material.[1]They also found 142 grams of
ready-to-use drug in a glass jar.[1]
A criminal case was opened and the man admitted his guilt.[1]He faces a
maximum of 15 years in prison.[1]The report was drawn from material by the
Nizhny Novgorod news agency Vremya N.[1]
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Picture published with the report on the arrest of the 37-year-old man; the page gives no credit and the caption repeats the headline.Photo details
The page gives no date for the detention or the search; 6 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The weight is given only for the ready-to-use drug found in the jar, described without further identification as a narcotic substance in a jar; the report treats it as dried cannabis because the plants grown and seized were cannabis.
The criminal code article, the charge and the fate of the nine plants were not stated; the case was at the investigation stage when the page was published.
No court date, sentence or measure of restraint was reported, and the man's name and the district of the city were not published.
The page says he faces up to 15 years, which is the penalty a charge can carry, not a sentence given.
Only one account, taken from the regional interior ministry's press service, could be opened; the agency it credits, Vremya N, could not be reached.
The picture on the page carries no credit and its caption merely repeats the headline, so whether it shows this grow or is an illustration is unclear.
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