A 39-year-old resident of Petropavlovskoye hid a large batch of drugs, which law-enforcement officers learned about.[1] Sakhalin Oblast police personally searched the man, born in 1987, during investigative measures.[1] A criminal case was opened against him under part 2 of article 228 of the Russian Criminal Code.[1] He was placed under an undertaking not to leave and to behave properly.[1]

The personal search found cannabis (marijuana) weighing 0.62 grams, as confirmed by an expert.[1] That search also found a mixture of ground tobacco parts and cannabis (hashish) oil with a total weight of 1.68 grams.[1] On the same day, officers searched his flat, the land beside the house and the outbuildings on it.[1] There they found plant parts containing tetrahydrocannabinol and parts of Cannabis plants with a combined weight of 1,043.5 grams, as confirmed by an expert.[1] They also found a mixture of ground tobacco parts and hashish oil there with a total weight of 2.72 grams.[1]

He had hidden the banned substances in outbuildings.[1] Part 2 of article 228 covers unlawful acquisition, storage, transport, manufacture and processing of drugs and drug-containing plants or their parts on a large scale.[1]