59-year-old held with 43 kg of marijuana in Primorye's Galenki
Police in Oktyabrsky district, Primorsky Krai, searched the homestead of a 59-year-old Galenki resident and seized more than 43 kg of marijuana, which he said he had gathered and dried from wild Manchu hemp himself. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 of the Criminal Code, which carries up to 10 years in prison.
🇷🇺 Galenki village, Oktyabrsky municipal district, Primorsky Krai · Russia
Arrested
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Charged
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Cannabis
43 kg
Agency
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Primorsky Krai
Detectives of the criminal investigation unit of the Oktyabrsky municipal
district police department acted on a tip that a 59-year-old resident of Galenki
village in Primorsky Krai might be involved in trafficking plant-based drugs.[1]The tip was confirmed during undercover police operations.[1]
Officers searched the man’s homestead and found and seized more than 43
kilograms of marijuana.[1]The man gave a confession and said he had gathered
and dried Manchu hemp himself, knowing that cannabis is banned in Russia.[1]
An investigator of the Oktyabrsky district police department opened a criminal
case under part 2 of article 228 of the Russian Criminal Code, and the
investigation was continuing.[1]Izvestia, citing the press service of the
regional interior ministry, reported that laboratory testing confirmed the
substance was cannabis.[2]The regional police statement said the case
concerned storage of drugs on an especially large scale and that the charge
carries up to 10 years in prison.[2]
Все новости, reprinting aif.ru, reported that the seized substance had a total
mass of more than 43 kilograms and that the man said he had gathered and dried
the wild Manchu hemp himself.[3]
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Police press-service photo published with the report on the 43 kg seizure from a Galenki resident. Photo: Press service of the Russian Interior Ministry for Primorsky KraiPhoto details
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Source: МВД МедиаSecond police press-service photo from the same report on the Oktyabrsky district seizure. Photo: Press service of the Russian Interior Ministry for Primorsky KraiPhoto details
The reports give no date for the search or detention; 15 October 2025 is the publication date of the police statement and is used as the incident date.
The weight is stated as more than 43 kilograms (the headline says more than 40 kg), not an exact measured figure; 43 kg is recorded.
The man's name was not published, and no measure of restraint or court outcome was reported; the case was still under investigation.
The reports do not say where or how much wild Manchu hemp he gathered, so no eradication site, plant count or area is recorded.
All accounts reproduce the same regional police statement, and both photographs on the ministry page are credited to that press service.
An Izvestia story of 6 November 2025 about 43 kg of marijuana in Roshchino, Dalnerechensky district, is a separate case and is not cited here.
Police in Pavlovsky District, Voronezh Oblast, seized more than 346 grams of cannabis from the attic of a 19-year-old resident of Vorontsovka village. The young man said he had gathered wild bushes nearby for personal use, and a criminal case on large-scale drug storage was opened, carrying up to 10 years in prison.
Sakhalin police searched a 39-year-old man from Petropavlovskoye and his flat and outbuildings, seizing 0.62 grams of cannabis and 1,043.5 grams of cannabis plant parts. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 for large-scale drug storage, and he was placed under an undertaking not to leave.
Police searching a homestead in Sadovoye, in Russia's Jewish Autonomous Oblast, seized more than 730 grams of marijuana and 120.65 grams of cannabis oil from an unemployed man born in 1980, along with a gun and 16 cartridges. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 for drug storage on a large scale and administrative papers were drawn up over the weapon.
Police in Bessonovsky district, Penza Oblast, detained a 34-year-old local man and seized about 257 grams of cannabis found on the grounds beside his house. He admitted guilt, said he gathered wild cannabis near his home in July 2026 and made a drug for his own use, and a criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228, which carries up to 10 years.
