51-year-old held with 27 cannabis plants and 1.2 kg in Rostov
Police in Semikarakorsky district, Rostov Oblast, detained a 51-year-old man after finding 27 cannabis bushes in yard greenhouses and more than 1.2 kg of marijuana in an outbuilding attic. He was remanded in custody as investigators opened cultivation and storage cases and continue the inquiry.
🇷🇺 Semikarakorsky district, Rostov Oblast · Russia
- Arrested
- 1
- Plants destroyed
- 27
- Cannabis
- 1.2 kg
Police in Semikarakorsky district, Rostov Oblast, detained a 51-year-old man on
suspicion of illegally cultivating cannabis and storing drugs at his homestead.[1][2][3] A court remanded him in custody, and the investigation is continuing.[1]
During a search of his property, officers found greenhouses in the yard where he
had planted cannabis and seized 27 cannabis bushes.[4][2][3] Officers also found a
ready batch of marijuana stored in the attic of an outbuilding, along with
scales and packing materials.[1][2] An expert examination identified the seized
substances as a plant-based narcotic drug with a combined mass of more than 1.2
kilograms.[4][2]
Police said the man had bought cannabis seeds online, planted them in
greenhouses in his own yard, tended the seedlings, then gathered parts of the
plants, dried them and stored the marijuana for his own use.[5][3] The
Semikarakorsky district police investigation department opened criminal cases
under part 1 of article 231 of the Criminal Code for illegal cultivation and
part 2 of article 228 for illegal storage of narcotics.[4]
Sources
- В Семикаракорском районе задержан 51-летний наркоагроном. 1rnd.ru, 2 November 2026. In Russian.
- В Ростовской области задержали «наркоагронома» с 27 кустами конопли - Таганрогская правда. Таганрогская правда, 2 November 2026. In Russian.
- Наркоагронома с 27 кустами конопли задержали в Ростовской области. Это Ростов! Новости - главный радар. In Russian.
- В Ростовской области задержали «наркоагронома» с 27 кустами конопли и запасом марихуаны. Bloknot Rostov, 2 November 2026. In Russian.
- На Дону задержали наркоагронома с 27 кустами канабиса и более 1,2 кг марихуаны. DON24.RU, 2 November 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The articles give only the publication date of 2 November 2026 and no separate day for the search and detention.
- The suspect is identified only as a 51-year-old man; no name or street address was published.
- Bloknot Rostov describes the possible further offence as part 4 of article 228, while 1rnd.ru and DON24.RU cite part 4 of article 228.1; the report does not resolve this difference.
- Bloknot Rostov calls more than 1.2 kg the combined expert mass, while 1rnd.ru describes it as the ready batch in the attic; the report uses more than 1.2 kg of seized marijuana without separating plant material further.
- No court outcome has been reported; the investigation was still continuing.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in 1rnd.ru: Investigators also said his actions showed signs of a further drug-trafficking offence, with the outlets differing on whether they cited part 4 of article 228 or part 4 of article 228.1.
- The submitted page describes the possible further offence as part 4 of article 228 of the Criminal Code, matching one source already cited in the existing report but differing from two existing sources that cite part 4 of article 228.1.
- The VK post gives only a relative time and no absolute publication date.
- The VK page image has no caption or credit, so whether it shows this seizure is not established and it is not listed as media.
