41-year-old held as 136 kg of marijuana seized from Talovy shed
Police in Primorye seized more than 136 kg of marijuana from a shed in Talovy and detained a 41-year-old Novonikolsk resident. Investigators opened a case under part 3 of Article 228, which carries up to 15 years in prison.
🇷🇺 shed on Tsentralnaya Street in Talovy, Pogranichny district, Primorye · Russia
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 136 kg
Police detained a 41-year-old man and immediately seized a batch of marijuana
found beside shoe boxes and home preserves.[1] Police say the batch belonged
to a resident of Novonikolsk village in Ussuriysky district but was kept in a
shed in the yard of a house on Tsentralnaya Street in Talovy settlement in
Pogranichny municipal district.[2] An investigator of the Interior Ministry
department for Pogranichny district opened a criminal case under part 3 of
Article 228 of the Russian Criminal Code.[2]
Officers found the substance packed in vegetable mesh bags and seized it on the
spot.[1] An expert examination identified the seized substance as cannabis
(marijuana).[2] Police put its weight at more than 136 kilograms, which
qualifies as an especially large amount.[2] The article under investigation
carries up to 15 years’ imprisonment.[2]
Drug-control officers had received information that a local resident was storing
drugs, according to police.[3] The case was classified as especially grave.[1]
Sources
- Более 136 килограммов марихуаны нашли в сарае жителя Приморского края. PRIMPRESS, 3 November 2026. In Russian.
- В Приморье полиция изъяла у местного жителя 136 кг марихуаны. Вести: Приморье, 3 November 2026. In Russian.
- Житель Уссурийского округа прятал 136 кг "травки" на границе с Китаем. UssurMedia, 3 November 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports give only the publication date of 3 November 2026 and no separate day for the search, seizure and detention, so 3 November 2026 is used as the incident date.
- The submitted Primpress account describes the search operation as taking place in Novonikolsk, while the police statements place the shed on Tsentralnaya Street in Talovy; the report uses Talovy as the seizure place.
- The Primpress article mentions a separate recent detention in Chernigov district involving about 50 kg of marijuana and over 500 g of hashish oil, which is a different event left out here.
- The VestiPrimorye page notes a police video from the Interior Ministry press service, but no direct video file or host-page address could be recovered, so it is not listed as media.
- The 136 kg figure is the police and expert-examination count; no independent weighing is reported.
