Ulyanovsk court gives wild-cannabis collector four years in strict colony
A 48-year-old resident of Syuksyum in the Inzensky district was sentenced to four years in a strict-regime colony for collecting wild cannabis on the edge of the village and keeping it at home. He had a previous robbery conviction; the verdict has entered into force.
🇷🇺 Syuksyum, Inzensky district, Ulyanovsk Oblast · Russia
- Charged
- 1
- Prison
- 4 years (strict regime)
A court in Ulyanovsk Oblast sentenced Sergey Bogdashkin, a 48-year-old resident of the village of
Syuksyum in the Inzensky district, to four years in a strict-regime penal colony.[1][2] The
prosecutor’s office said he collected wild cannabis on the edge of the village in autumn 2025 and
kept it at his home.[1][2]
Officers detained him on 31 October 2025.[1][2] The court convicted him of large-scale purchase and
storage of drugs under part 2 of article 228 of the criminal code.[1][2] He had previously been
convicted of robbery.[1][2]
The verdict has entered into legal force.[1][2]
Sources
- Житель Инзенского района получил четыре года колонии за хранение конопли. 73online, 27 October 2026. In Russian.
- Житель Сюксюма получил четыре года колонии за хранение конопли. Ulpressa, 27 October 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports do not give the weight of the cannabis or the date of the verdict.
- The man is named as Sergey Bogdashkin; no age beyond 48 was published.
- The reports do not say whether he appealed.
- The cannabis was collected in autumn 2025 and he was detained on 31 October 2025; no other dates are given.