Tuesday, 18 November 2008VLADIVOSTOK, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Drug police in Russia's Far East Amur Region have seized 100 kilograms (220 lbs) of marijuana, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
The drugs, worth over 200,000 rubles ($7,200), were discovered in the house of a family in the village of Anosovo.
Marijuana packages were kept in the attic, in a water cistern, and elsewhere in the house, a spokesman said.
Criminal charges have been brought against a 51-year-old woman and her 31-year-old son.
According to drug control authorities, the price of marijuana has gone up tenfold in northern regions of Russia's Far East in recent months.
November 18, 2008
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008
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