47-year-old in Snezhnoye held with about 8 kg of cannabis and poppy
Police in the Snezhnoye urban district of the Donetsk People's Republic searched a 47-year-old previously convicted man's home and seized about 8 kg of drugs, including more than 50 dried cannabis plants, nearly 150 cannabis packets and dried poppy fragments. He was detained and a criminal case was opened for attempted sale of narcotics in a large size; he faces up to 20 years in prison.
🇷🇺 Snezhnoye urban district, Donetsk People's Republic · Russia
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MVD of the Donetsk People's Republic, Snezhnoye MVD division
Police in the Snezhnoye urban district of the Donetsk People’s Republic searched
the home of a 47-year-old previously convicted man and seized about 8 kg of
drugs, including cannabis and poppy.[1]Officers found more than 50 dried
cannabis plants, seven containers with their fragments and a ground substance,
and nearly 150 packets of cannabis.[1]They also seized dried poppy fragments
containing narcotically active alkaloids.[1]
The man was detained under article 91 of the Criminal Procedure Code.[1]A
criminal case was opened against him for attempted unlawful sale of narcotics in
a large size, under part 3 of article 30 and part 4 of article 228.1 of the
Criminal Code.[1]He faces up to 20 years of imprisonment with a fine of up to
one million rubles.[1]
Police were checking his possible links with other participants in the illegal
drug trade in the DNR.[2]Criminal investigation officers of the Snezhnoye
Interior Ministry division shut down the man’s activity, the DNR Interior
Ministry said.[2]
Photos and video
Frame from the DNR Interior Ministry's video report of the search and seizure at the Snezhnoye resident's home. Photo: MVD of the DNR via DNR News Agency (ДАН)Photo details
The 8 kg is the combined weight of the cannabis and poppy seized and cannot be separated into a cannabis-only figure, so no kg_seized is recorded for this event.
The cannabis quantities are given only as counts (more than 50 dried plants, seven containers, nearly 150 packets) with no separate weight, so no cannabis kilogram figure can be stated.
The article gives no exact time of the search; 13 November 2026 is the publication date of the DNR Interior Ministry statement and is used as the incident date.
No court outcome, plea or sentencing has been reported; the case is at the investigation stage.
The radio1 page's image is a stock photo (Istock/simpson33) and is not listed as media; only the DNR news agency's video-report frame is recorded.
The text gives a weight ("8 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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