Police in Bydgoszcz detained three men aged 17, 18 and 19.[1] The detainees were two Bydgoszcz residents aged 18 and 19 and a 17-year-old from Grudziądz, described as a football hooligan, all taken to a detention facility.[2] The case was handled by the Bydgoszcz city police’s drug and football-hooligan crime unit.[2] The trail led the unit to a garage used by the 18-year-old Bydgoszcz resident on the Bielawy housing estate.[2] They detained him as he poured the contents of a shopping bag into other bags.[2] Two other men stood nearby as lookouts; when police cars arrived they got into the car the three had come in and tried to drive off.[2] Both were detained after a short chase.[2]

A search of the garage found plastic containers, plastic and vacuum bags and other packaging holding crystal and dried plant material.[2] Police said preliminary tests identified more than 1.3 kilograms of marijuana, alongside more than 9.8 kilograms of 2C-B and more than 300 grams of cocaine.[2] Police put the total weight of all the drugs at nearly 11.5 kilograms and their black-market value at about 600,000 złoty.[2] The car search found an unlicensed firearm and 48 rounds of ammunition.[2] Police also secured a significant amount of cash in the 18-year-old’s flat and in the car.[2]

All three were charged with possessing a firearm without the required permit and possessing significant quantities of drugs.[2] At the request of police and the prosecutor, a court ordered them held in pre-trial detention for three months.[2] They face up to 10 years in prison.[2]