Usman man gets 9 months in strict colony for growing 30 cannabis plants
A court in Usman municipal okrug, Lipetsk Oblast, sentenced a local man to nine months in a strict-regime colony for illegally growing more than 30 cannabis bushes on the garden plot of his house. Prosecutors said he sowed the seeds for his own use, and the case was brought under part 1 of article 231 of Russia's Criminal Code.
The prosecutor’s office of Usman district said a court in Usman municipal okrug,
Lipetsk Oblast, convicted a local resident of illegally growing drug-containing
plants on a large scale under part 1 of article 231 of the Criminal Code.[1]At trial the court found the man had sown cannabis seeds on the garden plot of
his house and looked after the plants, which the prosecutor’s office said were
for his own use.[1]
Taking the prosecutor’s position into account, the court sentenced him to nine
months in prison in a strict-regime colony.[1]The office put the number of
cannabis bushes the man grew on his plot at more than 30.[1]The Lipetsk
regional prosecutor’s office also said the case materials recorded more than 30
cannabis bushes found on the garden plot.[2]
The Lipetsk regional prosecutor’s office confirmed through its press service
that the court imposed nine months of imprisonment in a strict-regime colony.[2]The Lipetsk regional television company reported the same nine-month
strict-regime sentence for the man who grew more than 30 cannabis bushes on his
plot.[3]
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