In the Kakhov district, police seized more than 50 grams of marijuana from a local resident

Employees of the drug control unit of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia “Kakhovsky” as a result of operational-search measures established the involvement of a local resident in illegal drug trafficking.

During the inspection of the household of the defendant in the village of Kamenka, the police found and seized a substance of plant origin with the characteristic smell of hemp. The examination confirmed that the seized marijuana weighing 51.63 grams.

The man explained that he found wild cannabis plants in the yard of his household, picked them and stored them for personal use without the purpose of marketing. In relation to the suspect investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia “Kakhovsky” opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under part 1 of article 228 of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation. The sanction of the article provides for a punishment of up to 3 years imprisonment.