Urai police seize over 3.3 kg of cannabis from a dacha greenhouse
Police in Urai, in Russia's Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, detained a 44-year-old man and seized more than 3,330 grams of cannabis raw material from his dacha, where he grew four plants in a greenhouse. He said he made the drug for his own use, a case was opened under part 2 of article 228, and he was released under a written undertaking not to leave the area.
🇷🇺 Urai, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra · Russia
Criminal investigation officers in Urai, in Yugra, detained a 44-year-old local
man suspected of growing and processing drug-containing plants.[1]Police
reported that the total mass of the raw material seized from him exceeded 3,330
grams.[1]
A search of the dacha plot turned up four cannabis bushes, two cardboard boxes
of stems, a plastic bottle and two glass jars of crushed leaves.[1]The man
grew the plants in a greenhouse and kept them on the plot, in the attic and in
the garage.[1]At his home officers seized a glass jar of dark green liquid
from the fridge and a metal pan in which drugs were thought to have been made.[1]
Police said the man told them he made the plant-based drug for his own use and
had a previous criminal record.[1]A criminal case was opened under part 2 of
article 228 of the Russian Criminal Code, which carries three to ten years in
prison.[1]He was placed under a written undertaking not to leave the area.[1]
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Photo published with the report on the 44-year-old dacha owner in Urai whose plot, attic and garage held cannabis police valued at more than 3,330 grams.Photo details
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