Four held as Latgale police seize 835 plants and 24 kg of cannabis
After a long investigation, Latvian police detained four people on 3–4 June 2026 and searched ten addresses in Rēzekne, Rēzekne and Madona municipalities, finding two indoor grows with 835 marijuana plants and about 24 kilograms of dried cannabis plus guns and €3,145 cash.
Latvian police say four members of a group selling narcotics at scale were detained this week after
months of work.[1][2]On 3 June 2026 officers arrested three men born in 1975, 1977 and 1999, and
on 4 June they detained a fourth person.[1][2]
The same day teams from the Latgale criminal police bureau and the special assignment battalion
carried out ten sanctioned searches in Rēzekne city and in Rēzekne and Madona municipalities.[1]Inside a fitted-out house they found two marijuana grows and took 835 live plants, about 24
kilograms of dried cannabis and specialised growing kit, which police called a record Latgale
seizure for the year.[1][2]
Further searches yielded 13 firearms, about 100 weapon parts and €3,145 in cash, which officers
planned to freeze.[1]Prosecutors asked the court to jail two of the detainees.[1]Police
stress that none of the suspects has been proven guilty yet.[1]
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Cannabis and equipment seized during the June 2026 Latgale searches.Photo details
Latvian State Police found an equipped cannabis grow in a house and greenhouse in Jersika parish, Livani municipality, seizing 114 plants at different growing and drying stages plus 19 cartridges. A man born in 1980 was detained on suspicion and a criminal case was opened, with the investigation continuing.
In late July 2025 Kurzeme police found a specially equipped backyard plot in Saldus municipality, seizing more than 300 marijuana plants and dried plant material. Several suspects were detained; forensic tests on the exact weight were still pending when police publicised the case on 22 August.
On 30 and 31 July 2025 Latvian police in Krāslava and Krāslava municipality searched three addresses, pulling 89 marijuana plants from a greenhouse and about 40 grams of dried marijuana from a young man’s flat and house, opening two criminal cases.
Police in the Dobele area of Latvia dismantled two cannabis growing sites in Penkule and Ķegums parishes in early July 2019, finding 69 seedlings, 54 young plants, 16 and 5 bushes, and 2,054 grams of undried marijuana. Two men were detained and released under a preventive measure not involving imprisonment while the criminal case continued.
