620 cannabis plants found in five cabins near Dubrovichi; Ryazan case goes to court
Ryazan police detained a 32-year-old man after he sold 21 grams to a test buyer, then found 620 cannabis plants and about 19 kg of marijuana and drying plant material in five converted cabins on his rented plot near Dubrovichi. In April 2026 the Ryazansky district prosecutor approved an indictment and sent the case to district court, where the offences carry 10 to 20 years.
🇷🇺 Dubrovichi village, Ryazansky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia
Criminal-investigation officers of the Ryazan Oblast Interior Ministry and
Ryazansky district police detained a 32-year-old Ryazan resident who had set up
a country farm to grow cannabis on a large scale and make marijuana for sale.[1]Detectives detained the suspect in Ryazan after he sold 21 grams of
plant-based drug to a test buyer.[1]Officers seized more than 100 grams of
cannabis from his car and from his flat on Solotchinskoye shosse.[1]
On a rented plot near Dubrovichi village he had installed five container cabins,
and inside them officers found 620 cannabis plants, containers with 9 kg621 g
of finished drug and 9 kg470 g of cannabis plant parts still drying.[1]Police said the batch was the largest of plant-based drugs taken out of illegal
circulation by law enforcement in the region in 2025.[1]According to the
detectives he grew elite cannabis varieties in the greenhouses and drove to the
plot every day to tend the plants.[1]An investigator of the Ryazansky
district police opened criminal cases, and the suspect was placed in custody for
the duration of the investigation.[1]Ryazannews, citing the regional Interior
Ministry, reported the man was unemployed and had no previous convictions.[2]RZN.info, also citing the regional Interior Ministry press service, said
officers seized all the cannabis plants, weighing 25 kg540 g, and added them to
the case file.[3]RZN.info reported that the regional Interior Ministry press
service had earlier described the suspect as unemployed and previously
convicted.[3]
The Ryazansky district prosecutor’s office approved an indictment against a
33-year-old local resident.[4]Prosecutors accuse him of illegally cultivating
drug-containing plants, selling drugs in a significant amount and attempting to
sell drugs on a large scale.[4]According to the investigation he grew
cannabis on a rented plot in Dubrovichi between February and August 2025 and,
after cutting parts of the plants, made a drug for onward sale.[4]Prosecutors
said 620 drug-containing plants were seized and that they weighed more than 25
kg when dried.[4]The offences carry 10 to 20 years in prison, and the case
was sent to Ryazansky district court on its merits.[4]The criminal case was
sent to Ryazansky district court for consideration on the merits.[4]
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Ryazan Oblast police photograph published with the Dubrovichi cannabis farm statement, captioned only as the press service of the Russian Interior Ministry for Ryazan Oblast. Photo: Press service of the Russian Interior Ministry for Ryazan OblastPhoto details
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Source: МВД МедиаFifth police photograph in the Ryazan Oblast Interior Ministry statement on the Dubrovichi cannabis farm. Photo: Press service of the Russian Interior Ministry for Ryazan OblastPhoto details
No separate day is given for the detention or the plot search; 10 September 2025 is the publication date of the police accounts and is used as the incident date.
The 19.091 kg adds the 9 kg 621 g of finished marijuana and the 9 kg 470 g of drying plant parts found in the cabins; the more than 100 grams from the car and flat is left out because only a minimum is stated.
The 25 kg 540 g figure is the weight police put on the 620 seized plants themselves, and the prosecutor's office states it as more than 25 kg dried; it is not added to the cannabis weight recorded here.
Ryazannews describes the suspect as unemployed and not previously convicted, while RZN.info, citing the same regional Interior Ministry, says he was previously convicted.
The man is 32 in the September 2025 police accounts and 33 in the April 2026 prosecutor's release, with no birth date published.
The police accounts place the plot near Dubrovichi village while the prosecutor's account places the growing in the village itself.
The prosecutor's office states the offences carry 10 to 20 years in total without assigning a term to each charge, and no verdict or sentence has been reported.
No area of the plot was published, only the five cabins, so no hectare figure is recorded.
The five ministry photographs could not be inspected and are captioned only as press-service pictures of this investigation.
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Sakhalin police searched a 39-year-old man from Petropavlovskoye and his flat and outbuildings, seizing 0.62 grams of cannabis and 1,043.5 grams of cannabis plant parts. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 for large-scale drug storage, and he was placed under an undertaking not to leave.
Police searching a homestead in Sadovoye, in Russia's Jewish Autonomous Oblast, seized more than 730 grams of marijuana and 120.65 grams of cannabis oil from an unemployed man born in 1980, along with a gun and 16 cartridges. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 for drug storage on a large scale and administrative papers were drawn up over the weapon.
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