43-year-old faces court over 171 g of marijuana in Samara jars
Police in Samara Oblast's Volzhsky district detained a 43-year-old man who said he grew cannabis and stored marijuana for personal use. Officers seized 170.74 grams of marijuana from glass jars in his home, and investigators have sent his large-scale storage case to court.
🇷🇺 Volzhsky District, Samara Oblast · Russia
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Cannabis
170.74 g
In July 2026, drug-control officers from the Interior Ministry’s Volzhsky
district department received information about the possible involvement of a
43-year-old local resident in illegal trafficking of banned substances.[1]Officers visited the man and inspected his home.[1]Police detained the
homeowner after the inspection.[1]The man told police that he uses banned
substances and had therefore cultivated cannabis and prepared it for his own
use.[1]He said he had not intended to sell the marijuana.[1]
Officers found glass jars filled with dried plant parts inside his dwelling.[1]A forensic examination later identified the material as marijuana with a
total weight of 170.74 grams.[1]Investigators opened a criminal case against
him for illegal acquisition and storage of narcotics without intent to sell,
committed on a large scale.[1]
The investigation has now been completed and the case materials have been sent
to court, as reported by the Samara regional police headquarters on 4 November.[1]
The article gives no separate date for the home search; July 2026 is only when police received the tip and visited, so 4 November 2026 is used as the incident date for the court referral.
No number of cultivated cannabis plants, cultivation area, or address beyond Volzhsky District was published.
The man is identified only as a 43-year-old local resident; his full name was not published.
No court outcome was reported; the case had only been sent to court.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Russian and English for a second account.
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