In an abandoned house near Tula found 7 kg of drugs

In the village of Marinka of the Kurkin district of the Tula region, police found a large cache with prohibited substances - the cache was equipped in an abandoned rural house. This “MK in Tula” reported in the regional MIA.

The find was sent for research to the forensic center, where it turned out that two polymer bundles contained cannabis weighing 6.4 kg and more than 600 grams of hemp parts - the total weight of the seized exceeded 7 kg.

The owner of the cache was identified and detained. He was a 55-year-old local resident, previously convicted of a similar crime.

The man admitted that he had prepared wild cannabis in the vicinity of the village for personal consumption. On this fact, a criminal case was opened under Part 2 of Art. 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the defendant was placed in a temporary detention facility, the investigation continues.

Earlier, MK in Tula reported that the 32-year-old resident of Belev found more than 100 hemp bushes and 459 grams of marijuana. The man claimed to have grown and stored plants for personal consumption.