45-year-old woman fined 15,000 roubles for storing marijuana
Police in Privolzhsky District detained a 45-year-old woman who said she had picked and dried wild cannabis for personal use. The court found her guilty of unlawful drug storage under part 1 of article 228 and fined her 15,000 roubles.
🇷🇺 Privolzhsky District, Samara Oblast · Russia
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Sentenced
1
Fine
RUB 15,000
Agencies
Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Privolzhsky District, Privolzhsky District Court
Police in Privolzhsky District detained a 45-year-old local woman suspected of
unlawfully storing narcotic substances.[1]The woman told officers that she
had found wild cannabis on the outskirts of a village, picked it and dried the
drug-containing plants for personal use.[1]
Investigative actions confirmed her account.[1]During the preliminary
investigation, inquiry officers ordered a number of comprehensive expert
examinations, collected character material and identified and questioned
witnesses.[1]The inquiry group of the Russian Interior Ministry department
for Privolzhsky District opened a criminal case against her under part 1 of
article 228 of the Criminal Code for unlawful storage of narcotic drugs,
investigated it and sent it to court with an approved indictment.[1]
The Privolzhsky District Court found the evidence collected by police sufficient
for a guilty verdict against the local woman.[1]Taking all the circumstances
into account, the court imposed a fine of 15,000 roubles on her, and the verdict
has entered into legal force.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Sentenced
1
Fine
RUB 15,000
Agencies
Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Privolzhsky District; Privolzhsky District Court
Agency type
Police, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Grown
Wild
Charge
unlawful storage of narcotic drugs (part 1 of article 228)
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Fine
Region
Samara Oblast
Date
Publication date
Sources
НИА Самараniasam.ruRUВ Приволжском районе женщину обвинили в хранении марихуаны
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No weight, plant count or value was published for the marijuana, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
The article gives no separate date for the detention, investigation or sentence; 14 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The woman was not named, and the village where she found the cannabis was not identified.
The account rests on a single accessible source reproducing the police and court outcome.
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