Rostov police detain a man with more than 200 grams of marijuana in his bag
Rostov drug officers detained a 27-year-old city resident after a personal search found a wrapped packet of more than 200 grams of marijuana in his bag; he told police he had dried wild cannabis from a shelterbelt in Aksay district for personal use, and investigators opened a large-scale possession case.
🇷🇺 Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast · Russia
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Rostov-on-Don drug officers detained a 27-year-old local man suspected of
illegal drug possession on 26 October 2026, the North Caucasus Interior
Ministry transport directorate told ROSTOF.RU.[1]
During a personal search they found a plastic-wrapped packet of green plant
material in his bag.[1] Expert testing identified it as marijuana weighing
more than 200 grams.[2]
Police said he had collected wild cannabis in a shelterbelt in Aksay
district, dried and ground it for personal use rather than sale.[2]
Investigators opened a criminal case for large-scale possession without
intent to supply, which can carry up to ten years in prison.[1]
Sources
- В Ростове задержан подозреваемый в хранении марихуаны. ROSTOF.RU, 26 October 2026. In Russian.
- Более 200 граммов марихуаны изъяли у 27-летнего жителя Дона. Лента новостей Ростова-на-Дону, 26 October 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The transport directorate gives the weight only as more than 200 grams without an exact figure.
- Sources do not name the suspect or say where in Rostov he was stopped.
- ROSTOF.RU and news-don.ru both relay the same Interior Ministry release without independent witnesses.
- Neither article states any pretrial restriction imposed on the man.
