Police found drugs, a smoothbore weapon and ammunition at the home of a local resident in the village of Sadovoye in Oktyabrsky District.[1] A criminal case was opened over the unlawful storage of drugs.[1] The search covered the homestead of an unemployed man born in 1980, whom police did not name.[2] The search followed a tip to the criminal investigation unit at the Amurzet police station of the Leninsky interior ministry division.[2] Officers seized more than 730 grams of marijuana and 120.65 grams of cannabis oil.[3]

Officers also found an object resembling a smoothbore shotgun and 16 cartridges in a room and in the kitchen.[3] An examination confirmed that the weapon and ammunition were fit for use.[3] The man told police he had grown the marijuana himself and kept it for his own use.[3] He said the gun and cartridges had belonged to his late father.[3]

A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 of the Russian Criminal Code, which covers acquiring, storing, transporting, making or processing drugs without intent to sell on a large scale.[2] Officers also drew up administrative papers over the unregistered weapon and cartridges under article 20.10 of the administrative code.[2] Police in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast reported the case publicly through the regional interior ministry press service.[2]