A resident of Sudak received 9 months of forced labor for hemp and drunk driving

The Sudak city court found a 40-year-old local resident guilty of illegal possession of parts of a drug-containing plant and re-driving a car while intoxicated. This was reported in the press service of the Prosecutor’s office of Crimea.

According to the court, in May 2026, the man planted one cannabis plant on the garden plot and took care of it. After ripening, he tore out the bush and left it to dry, thus obtaining more than 34 g of parts of a drug-containing plant. Stored them for personal use, without the purpose of sales.

In addition, in September 2026, the accused, already having a criminal record for drunken driving, again drove a car "VAZ-21061" in a state of intoxication. He was moving along Sovetskaya Street in the village of Grushevka, where he was stopped by traffic police officers. The man refused to undergo a medical examination.

The actions were qualified under part 1 of Article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and part 2 of Article 264.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The court imposed a penalty of nine months of forced labor withholding 10% of earnings in the state income.

The man is also deprived of the right to drive vehicles for three years. The VAZ-21061 was confiscated to the state.

Recall that the Sudak city court in July 2026 sentenced a 30-year-old local resident to five years in a strict regime colony for attempting to sell cannabis. From December 2025 to April 2026, he grew several cannabis bushes in the household of a friend, made a drug weighing more than 30 grams and packaged it for subsequent sale.

In October 2026, a criminal case was opened in Sudak against a 44-year-old entrepreneur: in an outbuilding on his plot, police found six hemp bushes, and the mass of dried raw materials amounted to almost 6.5 kilograms. The man admitted that he grew plants for personal consumption, having no intention of marketing.