On 20 October, officers of the Federal Penitentiary Service directorate for Rostov Oblast spotted a man trying to use a slingshot to throw several parcels over the fence of a secure facility outside Novocherkassk.[1] Officers detained the man and, during a personal search, recovered the slingshot and seven ball-shaped parcels containing plant material.[1][2] Authorities in Novocherkassk opened a criminal case against the man on suspicion of attempting to deliver drugs onto the grounds of correctional colony No 14, known as IK-14.[1][2]
An expert examination established that the plant material inside the seven parcels was cannabis with a total weight of 27.77 grams.[1][2] Investigators classified the act as attempted illegal sale of narcotic drugs on a significant scale under Part 3 of Article 30 and point «б» of Part 3 of Article 228.1 of the Russian Criminal Code.[1]
IK-14 is identified as an ispravitelnaya koloniya, a correctional colony, and the parcels were allegedly aimed across its perimeter fence when staff intervened.[1] The case remains at the suspicion stage, with the man described as a suspect in attempted sale rather than as a convicted person.[1]
The detainee was a 41-year-old local resident caught while throwing a parcel onto the outer restricted zone of the secure facility.[2] The cannabis parcels were hidden inside electric light-bulb bodies weighted with iron coins and wrapped with insulating tape.[2] An expert examination confirmed that the seized material was a narcotic drug.[2] A court placed the suspect in custody as a preventive measure in the attempted-sale case under Part 3 of Article 30 and Article 228.1 of the Russian Criminal Code.[2]
