Soldier in Yavoriv fined 17,000 hryvnia for 30 g of cannabis
The Yavoriv District Court fined a serving soldier 17,000 hryvnia on 4 November 2026 for unlawfully acquiring and keeping 30.29 grams of cannabis for his own use. The case began with a wild cannabis plant he picked in a forest near Karlivka, Poltava Oblast, in January and was seized in a search at his military unit on 31 August.
A court in Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast, fined a serving soldier 17,000 hryvnia on 4
November 2026 for acquiring and keeping cannabis for his own use.[1]The
Yavoriv District Court convicted him under part 1 of article 309 of the Criminal
Code, a misdemeanour covering unlawful acquisition and storage of drugs without
intent to sell.[1]The fine must be paid within a month of the verdict taking
legal force.[1]The court also ordered him to pay 2,888.16 hryvnia for an
expert examination into the state budget.[1]The court ordered the plant
material taken from him destroyed.[1]
At the start of January 2026 the soldier found a cannabis plant while walking in
a forest near the city of Karlivka in Poltava Oblast, tore off the leaves and
took them with him for his own use.[1]The verdict can be appealed to the Lviv
Court of Appeal through the Yavoriv District Court within 30 days, and it takes
legal force if no appeal is filed.[1]On 31 August 2026 police inspecting the
scene on the grounds of his military unit took a bag of cannabis weighing 30.29
grams from him.[1]He admitted acquiring and keeping the drug without intent
to sell.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Cannabis
30.29 g
Fine
UAH 17,000
Agency
Yavoriv District Court
Agency type
Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (30.29 g)
Activity
Possession
Setting
Field
Grown
Wild
Charge
unlawful acquisition and storage of narcotic drugs without intent to sell (part 1 of article 309 of the Criminal Code)
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Fine
Region
Lviv Oblast
Sources
По Сутіposyti.com.uaUKУ Яворові суд призначив штраф 17 тис. грн за 30 г канабісу
Open questions the AI reported
Only one source, a local outlet working from the court register, was found; the court's own judgment was not opened.
The soldier is not named, and the report gives no date for his charge or any pre-trial stage.
The report does not say whether an appeal was filed within the 30-day window.
The court set a 17,000 hryvnia fine and separately ordered 2,888.16 hryvnia to be paid for the expert examination; both amounts are kept in the text, only the fine is a fine.
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Charged 1Cannabis 6.64 gPrison 2 years of probationary supervisionFine UAH 3,565.6
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