Belev police seize 459 grams of marijuana and more than 100 cannabis plants from a flat
Tula drug-control officers and Belev police searched a 32-year-old man's flat, seized more than 100 cannabis plants and at least 459 grams of marijuana he said he grew for himself, opened a large-scale possession case, and ordered him not to leave town pending investigation.
🇷🇺 Belev, Tula Oblast · Russia
- Arrested
- 1
- Plants destroyed
- 100
- Cannabis
- 459 g
Drug-control officers from the Tula region Interior Ministry, working with
Belev police, searched a 32-year-old local man’s flat in Belev on
16 October 2026, the Tula news wire reported.[1] They seized plant
material and more than 100 cannabis plants.[1]
Expert testing at the regional forensic centre identified the dried material
as marijuana weighing at least 459 grams, a large amount under Russian
law.[2] The man told officers he had grown and stored the plants only for
personal use and not for sale.[1]
Investigators opened a criminal case under part 2 of article 228 of the
Criminal Code for large-scale possession.[2] A judge ordered him not to
leave his place of residence while the case continues.[1]
Sources
- В Белёве полицейскими пресечено незаконное хранение марихуаны в крупном размере. Лента новостей Тулы, 16 October 2026. In Russian.
- У жителя Белева нашли более 100 кустов конопли и 459 граммов марихуаны. МК Тула, 16 October 2026. In Russian. Archived copy.
Open questions the AI reported
- Sources count the plants as more than 100 but do not give an exact number.
- Neither outlet names the suspect or his street address.
- Police are still checking his claim that the cannabis was only for personal use.
- MK Tula and the Tula news wire both follow the regional Interior Ministry wording without independent witnesses.
- No exact calendar day for the search is given beyond mid-October reporting on 16 October 2026.
