Simferopol police seized hemp from a 51-year-old local resident

Police officers of Simferopol stopped the illegal possession of narcotic substances from a 51-year-old local resident. This was reported in the press service of the interior Ministry in the Crimea.

The police searched the place of residence of the suspect. On the backyard, law enforcement officers found four bushes of gray-green color with a specific smell. In addition, parts of plants were found in the plastic barrel.

The total weight of the seized amounted to 338.50 grams. Samples were sent for examination. Experts concluded that the bushes and fragments of plants belong to the genus cannabis (hemp) and contain a drug.

The defendant pleaded guilty. He explained that the bushes allegedly grew on the site on their own, and the contents of the barrel he regarded as household waste and stored without any purpose.

At the same time, a medical examination confirmed the presence of narcotic substances in the man's body. On this basis, an administrative protocol was drawn up in respect of him.

Now the suspect is under a subscription not to leave. The sanction of the incriminated article provides for a sentence of up to 10 years imprisonment.

Earlier it was reported that in September 2026, police detained a 20-year-old young man, who in the apartment found more than three kilograms of cannabis in dry form. He said he had plucked a wild bush near the construction site where he worked.

And in May 2026, a resident of Simferopol received two years in prison for selling cannabis - he found a hemp bush near the city cemetery, dried it and sold it to a friend.