Police in Novocherkassk detain a courier who hid 4.7 g of cannabis in walnuts
Police in Novocherkassk detained a 29-year-old resident of Oktyabrsky district who they say worked as a stash courier for an online drug shop, hiding marijuana in walnut shells. Five stashes held 4.7 grams of cannabis, and a criminal case over drug sales was opened; he was to be remanded after an administrative arrest.
🇷🇺 Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast · Russia
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 4.7 g
Police in Novocherkassk detained a 29-year-old resident of Oktyabrsky district
on suspicion of illegally selling and storing drugs, the Rostov region branch of
the Interior Ministry said.[1] Officers searching several locations in the
city found five walnuts, each containing a zip bag of plant matter.[1] An
examination identified the contents as marijuana, and the total weight was 4.7
grams.[1] Don 24 reported that the five stashes were found in different parts
of the city and that the drug had been hidden in walnut shells.[2]
According to the police, the detained man worked as a zakladchik, a courier who
leaves hidden drug parcels for buyers, for one of the online shops.[1] Don 24
quoted the police as saying he planned to sell the drugs to unidentified buyers
through stashes in the city.[2] He was under administrative arrest, a short
detention imposed for an administrative offence, and a measure of restraint was
to be chosen once it ended.[1] Don 24 reported that he would be remanded in
custody at that point.[2]
Sources
- В Новочеркасске задержали закладчика, который прятал марихуану в грецких орехах. Ёрш (RuffNews), 30 October 2026. In Russian.
- Наркотики разложили в Новочеркасске под видом грецких орехов. ИА «ДОН 24», 30 October 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- Both articles were published on 30 October 2026 and give no separate date for the detention or the search, so that date is used for the event.
- Neither report names the suspect or says what charge he will face, and no court hearing is reported.
- RuffNews says a measure of restraint will be chosen after his administrative arrest ends, while Don 24 says he will be remanded in custody then.
- The same RuffNews page also carries an unrelated child-abuse case and an earlier mephedrone arrest, both left out of this report.
- Don 24's picture carries the same regional police press-service credit as the RuffNews image and is treated as the same handout, so only one photo entry is listed.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in ИА «ДОН 24»: A criminal case over illegal drug sales was opened against him.
