Police detain Novosilskoye man and seize 333 grams of cannabis
Police in Lipetsk Oblast's Terbunsky municipal okrug detained a 37-year-old resident of Novosilskoye and seized 333.2 grams of cannabis from his home, the regional Interior Ministry said. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 of the Criminal Code, which carries three to ten years in prison.
🇷🇺 Novosilskoye, Terbunsky municipal okrug, Lipetsk Oblast · Russia
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 333.2 g
Police in Lipetsk Oblast’s Terbunsky municipal okrug detained a 37-year-old
resident of Novosilskoye village over illegal drug storage, the Lipetsk regional
broadcaster Vesti Lipetsk reported.[1] During a search of the man’s home,
officers found and seized cannabis, also called marijuana, with a total weight
of 333.2 grams, the press service of the regional Interior Ministry said.[1]
Lipetskiye Novosti, a Lipetsk regional news site, said the search took place
during a police check at the household of a man born in 1989.[2] The site said
officers from the police’s drug control group recorded illegal storage of a
plant-based narcotic in a large quantity.[2]
The investigative department of the Russian Interior Ministry’s Terbunsky
division opened a criminal case under part 2 of article 228 of the Criminal
Code.[2] Lipetskiye Novosti said the article’s sanction provides for three to
ten years in prison.[2] Vesti Lipetsk said the man faces up to ten years in
prison.[1]
Sources
- 333 грамма каннабиса хранил дома 37-летний житель Липецкой области. Вести Липецк, 30 October 2026. In Russian.
- В Тербунском округе у местного жителя изъяли более 330 граммов марихуаны. Липецкие новости, 30 October 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports give no separate date for the search; 30 October 2026 is the publication date of both articles and is used as the incident date.
- Neither report names the man or says whether he was formally charged, what measure of restraint was imposed, or how the case ended.
- One report gives his year of birth as 1989 and the other his age as 37, without a full date of birth.
- Both accounts rely on the regional Interior Ministry's press service and quote no independent witnesses or a lawyer for the man.
- The submitted page's only image is labelled as AI-generated (the caption reads «Фото — Нейросеть»); no photograph of the search or the seized cannabis was published, so no media is listed.
