38-year-old held with 30 g of marijuana at a Kursk Oblast check post
Police in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast, detained a 38-year-old man who tried to slip past a check post set up under the counter-terrorism operation regime and seized about 30 grams of marijuana. He said he had gathered wild cannabis in a field and made the drug for his own use, and a criminal case was opened under part 1 of article 228.
Police in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast, detained a 38-year-old man who tried to
slip past a stationary check post set up under the KTO legal regime, Russia’s
counter-terrorism operation framework.[1]Officers stopped him for a check
because he was nervous, answered vaguely and struggled to find words, which led
them to search him.[2]
The search found about 30 grams of marijuana on him, which officers seized.[1]
The man told police he had earlier gathered wild cannabis growing in a field and
made a drug from it for his own use.[1]Police said they were working to
establish where he gathered the plant so that the spot could be cleared.[1]
A criminal case was opened against him under part 1 of article 228 of the
Criminal Code, which covers unlawful acquisition and storage of drugs without
intent to sell.[1]The accounts came from the Zheleznogorsk interior ministry
division, whose statement the local outlets published.[3]
Photos and video
Police handout photo published with the capture of the 38-year-old man at the KTO check post. Photo: Kursk Oblast policePhoto details
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