Tula court gives Remizov three years and three months suspended for 198 g of home-grown cannabis
Privokzalny district court in Tula convicted 40-year-old local resident Remizov V.S. of storing a large amount of cannabis without intent to sell after he grew plants on Sedova Street from February 2025, dried 198 grams in February 2026 and kept it until police found it; the court imposed a suspended term and ordered the drugs destroyed.
🇷🇺 Tula · Russia
- Charged
- 1
- Cannabis
- 198 g
- Prison
- 3 years 3 months (suspended)
Privokzalny district court in Tula convicted 40-year-old Tula resident Remizov V.S. of
illegal storage of a large amount of cannabis without intent to sell under part 2 of article 228
of the Criminal Code, MK Tula reported on 18 May 2026.[1] The court found that from February
2025 he had been growing cannabis plants in his flat on Sedova Street alongside ordinary
houseplants.[1][2]
In February 2026 he dried and ground the crop and kept 198 grams of marijuana at home for
personal use until police discovered it.[1][2] The court sentenced him to three years and three
months’ imprisonment, suspended, with a probation period and additional obligations, while
leaving earlier travel restrictions in place.[1] The 198 grams of cannabis were ordered
destroyed.[1][2]
Sources
- Туляк получил 3 года 3 месяца условно за выращивание конопли в квартире. МК Тула, 18 May 2026. In Russian. Archived copy.
- 40-летний туляк выращивал коноплю у себя в квартире. 1TulaTV, 18 May 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The unified Tula courts press office statement quoted by 1TulaTV does not name the exact day police discovered the cannabis or when Remizov was first charged.
- MK Tula says travel restrictions imposed earlier were left unchanged but neither source spells out the additional probation obligations.
- MK's photo is credited to IA SM-News rather than a court or police handout of the seizure.
- Sources report the verdict on 18 May 2026 but do not say whether it had entered into force when they were published.
