Saransk man to stand trial over 200 g of cannabis and 10 plants
A 43-year-old Saransk resident was accused of drug storage after police searched his garage on Lodygina Street on 26 August 2026, finding three marijuana wraps and seizing 10 cannabis plants nearby. The Mordovian Interior Ministry put the confiscated drug at 200 grams, and the man's case was sent to court while he remained under a written undertaking not to leave.
A 43-year-old Saransk resident was accused of drug storage and was due to stand
trial in Mordovia.[1]Police searched his garage on Lodygina Street in Saransk
on 26 August.[1]Inside the garage, officers found three wraps of marijuana
and a plastic bottle with burn marks.[1]On an abandoned plot near the
building, police seized 10 bushes of a drug-containing plant, which the ministry
said belonged to him.[1]
Police said the total find was about 200 grams of prohibited substances.[1]The Mordovian Interior Ministry gave the combined weight of the confiscated drug
as 200 grams.[2]The man told police he had accidentally come across a patch
of wild hemp some time earlier and pulled out several stems.[2]He said he
brought the rest of the harvest to the garage, dried it and packaged it for
personal use.[2]
AiF described him as detained; the later report said he remained under a written
undertaking not to leave.[2]The report said he remained under a written
undertaking not to leave.[1]His criminal case file had already been sent for
consideration by a court.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Plants destroyed
10
Cannabis
200 g
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (200 g)
Activity
Possession
Setting
Street or public place
Grown
Wild
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
РИА «Инфо РМ»info-rm.comRUМужчину в Саранске осудят за свёртки с марихуаной и небольшую плантацию конопли
One account gives about 200 grams of prohibited substances, while the other attributes 200 grams to the confiscated drug; neither separates the weights of the wraps and plant material.
The sources do not name the man or give a court hearing date or outcome.
The sources do not say whether the 10 seized plants were later destroyed.
The supplied image is captioned only with the article headline, so it cannot be confirmed as a photograph of the search or seizure; no event media is included.
Both accounts attribute their information to the Mordovian Interior Ministry; no independent witness account was found.
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