Previously convicted man held with 365 g marijuana in Petrovsky
On 28 October, Michurinsky police seized 365 grams of marijuana from a previously convicted 46-year-old resident of Pokrovo-Chicherino in Petrovsky district, Tambov Oblast. Police opened a criminal case under part 2 of Article 228 for large-scale drug storage, with further investigation continuing.
🇷🇺 Pokrovo-Chicherino, Petrovsky District, Tambov Oblast · Russia
On 28 October, officers of the Michurinsky municipal police department found 365
grams of a substance identified as marijuana held by a previously convicted
46-year-old resident of the village of Pokrovo-Chicherino in Petrovsky district.[1]The Tambov regional Interior Ministry said drug-control officers had
uncovered several cases of unlawful drug storage across three districts of
Tambov Oblast.[2]The regional police press service was cited as the source
for the findings.[2]
Police seized the 365 grams of marijuana found in the Petrovsky case.[2]The
seized material was identified as marijuana and recorded as weighing 365 grams.[1]Officers opened a criminal case under part 2 of Article 228 of the Criminal
Code for storage of narcotics in a large amount.[1]
The Michurinsky department of the Interior Ministry was named as the reporting
authority for the Petrovsky seizure.[1]The suspect was described as a
previously convicted resident of the village.[2]Police said further
investigation is continuing in the cases, including checks for possible
involvement in similar unlawful acts.[1]
Case data
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The same articles also report separate seizures in Bogdanovo in Rzhaksinsky district and Kobyaki in Kirsanovsky district on different dates, which are left out here as different events.
No detention or arrest is explicitly stated for the Petrovsky suspect, so no arrested figure is recorded.
No court outcome was reported, with further investigation still under way.
Separate reporting found during research gives a conflicting Bogdanovo account on the same date with a different suspect and weight, so that case is excluded pending clarification.
Both accounts republish the regional police announcement without independent corroboration beyond the police press service.
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