Sakhalin Oblast drug-control officers said they broke up a local group selling marijuana hand to hand and detained five people: two dealers, two consumers and a supplier.[1]

Police said a Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk resident born in 1959 conspired with an acquaintance born in 1968 to pass him large batches at one price for resale at a higher price.[1] In February, the retail dealer sold several packets holding more than 120 grams of marijuana to a 58-year-old Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk resident, who was detained after the deal.[1] The same day, officers detained a local man born in 1978 who had bought seven cannabis packages weighing more than 270 grams, with the drug found at his home.[1]

Searches at one dealer’s home and at the other’s workshop found more than 12.5 kg of marijuana.[1] Police then detained the supplier, a resident of Krasnopolye village in Uglegorsky district born in 1960.[1] Officers found and seized more than 4.7 kg of marijuana at his property.[1] The supplier told police he had grown cannabis in a forest, harvested and dried the crop and stored it for distribution.[1]

The regional investigative unit opened criminal cases against the supplier, dealers and consumers under part 4 of article 228.1 and part 2 of article 228 of Russia’s Criminal Code.[1] Sakhalin police seized more than 17 kg of marijuana in total, Aif-Sakhalin reported.[2]