Moscow Oblast police seize 192 cannabis plants and 1.5 kg of marijuana near Ramenskoye
Drug-control officers detained two men from Moscow and the Moscow Oblast who rented houses in Kulaikovo and Sinkovo, grew cannabis in climate-controlled grow boxes and had about 1.5 kg of dried marijuana ready; a Ramenskoye court jailed both pending trial on attempted large-scale sale charges.
🇷🇺 Kulaikovo and Sinkovo, Ramensky district, Moscow Oblast · Russia
- Arrested
- 2
- Plants destroyed
- 192
- Cannabis
- 1.5 kg
Federal drug-control officers, working with Moscow Oblast traffic police, detained two
residents of Moscow and the wider region suspected of preparing marijuana for sale.[1]
According to the Moscow Oblast Interior Ministry, about three months earlier they had rented
private houses in Kulaikovo and Sinkovo in Ramensky municipal district, bought cannabis seeds
through dark-web markets and fitted both homes with grow boxes, climate control, specialist
lighting and ventilation.[1][2]
Searches at both addresses recovered 192 plants that looked like cannabis, two cardboard boxes
of plant material later confirmed as about 1.5 kg of marijuana, scales, packing materials and a
vacuum sealer.[1] Investigators opened a case for attempted large-scale drug trafficking, and
Ramenskoye city court ordered both men held in custody.[1][2]
Sources
- Наркодельцы, вырастившие 195 кустов конопли для изготовления марихуаны, задержаны в Подмосковье. МВД Медиа, 20 January 2026. In Russian.
- В Раменском накрыли лабораторию по выращиванию конопли, полицейские изъяли 1,5 кг марихуаны. Жуковские вести, 20 January 2026. In Russian. Archived copy.
Open questions the AI reported
- The Moscow Oblast MVD headline refers to 195 plants while the release body counts 192 visually similar plants; seized plants were still undergoing examination when the statement was published.
- Neither source names the suspects, describes buyers or gives the exact day of the searches beyond the 20 January publication date.
- Zhukvesti republishes the regional MVD account through spokesperson Tatyana Petrova and adds no independent witnesses.
- Sources say the pair rented the houses about three months before the raids but do not give calendar dates for the leases or first planting.
