{"id":581601,"date":"2026-09-25T15:44:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=581601"},"modified":"2026-09-25T16:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:14:57","slug":"russian-citizen-detained-with-marijuana-at-brest-border-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/russian-citizen-detained-with-marijuana-at-brest-border-crossing","title":{"rendered":"Russian Citizen Detained With Marijuana at Brest Border Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>A 58-year-old Russian citizen was detained at the Brest border crossing while attempting to bring cigarettes containing marijuana from Poland into Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>The State Border Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/gpkgovby\/9845\">reported<\/a> that the incident occurred on Sept. 22. A service dog detected several cans containing cigarettes with an unknown substance. The detainee admitted that it was marijuana. A medical examination confirmed that he had used it. A grinder, a blister pack containing a tablet and a container with hash oil were also found among the man\u2019s personal belongings.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal cases were opened against the Russian citizen under Part 1 of Article 328 of the Criminal Code (illegal drug trafficking) and Part 1 of Article 328-1 of the Criminal Code (illegal movement of drugs across the border).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_581567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581567\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_10-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-581567 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_10-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_10-16.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_10-16-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_10-16-768x445.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-581567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of video t.me\/gpkgovby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_581566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581566\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_9-34.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-581566 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_9-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_9-34.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_9-34-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pic_9-34-768x445.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-581566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of video t.me\/gpkgovby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 58-year-old Russian citizen was detained at the Brest border crossing while attempting to bring cigarettes containing marijuana from Poland into Belarus. The State Border Committee reported that the incident occurred on Sept. 22. A service dog detected several cans containing cigarettes with an unknown substance. The detainee admitted that it was marijuana. A medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":581600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6ab673d438850.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Russian Citizen Detained With Marijuana at Brest Border Crossing"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143094],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-581601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-incident"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581602,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581601\/revisions\/581602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}