Two held over 41 cannabis plants in a home grow room in Stolbtsy District
Belarusian drug-control officers found 41 cannabis plants in a fitted-out room at a Stolbtsy District home and opened a criminal case against the two residents, aged 40 and 56. Both men had earlier convictions for the same kind of offence, and the article they are accused under carries up to 15 years in prison.
Two residents of Stolbtsy District in Belarus’s Minsk Region, aged 40 and 56,
ran an illegal cannabis-growing operation in a room at the older man’s home, the
Interior Ministry said.[1]The two men fitted out a room and sowed cannabis
seeds there.[1]
Drug-control officers of Minsk Region found and seized 41 cannabis plants from
the grow room, which the Ministry called a cannabis farm.[1]The Interior
Ministry’s own statement in Minsk Region’s police channel describes the same
discovery and seizure of 41 plants.[2]Officers found and seized 41 cannabis
plants in the case, Radio Mir reported.[3]
Investigators opened a criminal case over the grow, BelTA reported.[1]Both
men had previously been convicted of the same kind of offence.[1]Both
suspects had earlier convictions for a similar crime, the Interior Ministry
said.[2]Police reminded the public that sowing or growing plants or mushrooms
containing narcotic or psychotropic substances is banned in Belarus, and that
the maximum penalty under that article is up to 15 years in prison.[1]
Photos and video
Still from the Interior Ministry video of the cannabis-growing room where officers seized 41 plants in Stolbtsy District. Screenshot: Belarus Interior Ministry video, via BelTAPhoto details
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Open questions the AI reported
The reports give no date for the search; 15 January 2026 is the date of the Interior Ministry statement and of the BelTA article, and is used as the incident date.
No weight of dried cannabis or other ready product, no area of the grow room and no value were published, only the count of 41 plants.
Police did not name the two men, state the exact charges beyond the cultivation article, or report any detention measures; no court outcome was reported.
The 15 years is the statutory maximum police quoted for the cultivation article, not a penalty imposed on these men.
The Minsk Region police channel post forwards the Interior Ministry post, and Radio Mir republishes BelTA, so the accounts are not fully independent.
Independent media outlet Pramen reported on the same case, but its page would not open and it is not cited.
The only video and picture addresses found are the ministry's video post and BelTA's screenshot of it; both show the Interior Ministry's footage rather than independently sourced images.
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