Ryazan police jail a man after SOBR raid finds 8.63 kg of marijuana at Barashevo
Drug officers backed by the Rosgvardiya Kolovrat SOBR team detained a 52-year-old previously convicted Ryazan man at his Barashevo home, seized 8.63 kilograms of marijuana from an outbuilding, and jailed him pending trial after he said he had grown cannabis there for personal use.
🇷🇺 Barashevo, Ryazan Oblast · Russia
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 8.63 kg
Ryazan drug-control officers, with SOBR Kolovrat troops from the regional
Rosgvardiya command, detained a 52-year-old Ryazan man at his home in
Barashevo village in Sasovsky district on 7 October 2026, Rosgvardiya
reported.[1] Investigators had learned the previously convicted man was
using the country house to store drugs.[2]
After a court-approved search, officers found two large sacks of plant
material in an outbuilding among household goods.[1] Testing showed
8 kilograms 630 grams of marijuana.[2] The man told investigators he had
grown cannabis on his plot in summer and processed it for himself; police
said they were checking that account.[2]
The Sasovsky district investigator opened a large-scale possession and
manufacturing case under part 2 of article 228 of the Criminal Code.[2]
A court ordered him held in custody pending trial.[1]
Sources
- При силовой поддержке СОБР арестован житель Рязани, у которого наркополицейские изъяли более 8,5 килограмма марихуаны. Росгвардия, 7 October 2026. In Russian.
- У жителя Рязани обнаружили 8,63 кг марихуаны. 7info.ru, 7 October 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- Sources do not name the suspect or give the exact day in early October when the court-sanctioned search took place.
- Neither outlet states how many cannabis plants he said he grew on the plot.
- Police are still checking his claim that the marijuana was only for personal use.
- 7info.ru and Rosgvardiya both carry Ryazan Interior Ministry wording without independent witnesses.
- No street value was published.
