Police in Volgograd detained a 40-year-old local woman on suspicion of preparing drugs for sale, the regional Interior Ministry said.[1] During a check of the woman’s flat, officers found 22.45 grams of marijuana and a syringe with a liquid containing methadone.[1] Volgogradskaya Pravda, citing the same regional Interior Ministry statement, reported that officers of the drug-trafficking control unit searched the detainee and her home and seized the marijuana and the syringe.[2]
The woman had already been convicted before.[1] Volganet.net reported that she planned to prepare the drugs for sale.[1] Investigators opened a criminal case against her under part 1 of article 228.1 of the Russian Criminal Code.[1]
According to the preliminary account, the woman intended to pack the seized substances and sell them on the territory of Volgograd.[2] Volgogradskaya Pravda reports the same seizure of 22.45 grams of marijuana and the same syringe with the methadone liquid.[2] The circumstances of the incident are still being established.[2]
