Czech man, 23, held in custody over marijuana and other drugs in Hradec Králové
Police in Hradec Králové detained a 23-year-old man in a routine check and found marijuana along with cocaine, ketamine, MDMA, tablets, scales and more than 170,000 koruna in cash. Criminal investigators charged him with a serious drug offence and he is now prosecuted in custody; no cannabis weight was published.
A routine police patrol check in Hradec Králové in early November 2026 ended
with the detention of a 23-year-old man carrying several kinds of drugs, a
digital scale and cash above 170,000 koruna.[1][2][3]The drugs found were cocaine,
ketamine, MDMA and marijuana, along with dozens of tablets containing
psychotropic substances.[1][2][3][4]
A subsequent expert examination confirmed that the man was holding part of the
substances for further distribution.[5][2]Královéhradecští criminal
investigators charged him with the especially serious offence of unlawful
production and other handling of narcotic and psychotropic substances and
poisons under section 283 of the criminal code.[1][2][3][6][4]The offence carries a
maximum of ten years in prison.[1][2]
The man had been convicted by courts repeatedly before, part of that record for
drug crime, and was at the time of his detention in the probation period of a
conditional release from prison, according to police spokesperson Martina
Jandová.[5][6]He is now prosecuted in custody.[5][2][3][6][4]
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The drugs and digital scales laid out for the police photograph accompanying the custody case in Hradec Králové. Photo: Policie ČRPhoto details
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Source: Novinykraje.czSecond police handout photo in the same statement, showing seized banknotes with a digital scale below. Photo: Policie ČR, Krajské ředitelství policie Královéhradeckého krajePhoto details
The articles give no separate date for the police check or the detention; 6 November 2026 is the publication date of both reports and is used as the incident date.
No weight, amount or street value was published for the marijuana or any other drug, so no cannabis quantity or valuation is recorded.
The 170,000-koruna figure is cash found on the man, not an estimate of the drugs' value, and it is not counted as a cannabis value.
The articles do not say how much, if any, of the marijuana the man was accused of holding for distribution rather than personal use.
Cocaine, ketamine, MDMA and tablet quantities are mentioned only to explain the mixed case and are excluded from cannabis figures.
The type of cannabis product (dried flower or another form) is not specified beyond the word marijuana, so no product breakdown is given.
No court has ruled on the case and no trial date was reported; the charge only states a maximum penalty of ten years.
The man is not named and the articles do not say where exactly in Hradec Králové the check took place.
The published police photograph has no caption or per-image detail beyond the outlet's credit to Policie ČR, so what each item on display is cannot be confirmed.
The police statement gives no date for the check beyond early November and no figure for the marijuana weight, so the incident date remains the 6 November 2026 publication date.
The statement publishes no cannabis weight and no separate count of the marijuana items, so the cannabis quantities in this case stay unrecorded.
No street value of the drugs was given; the 170,000 koruna was cash found on the man and is not a cannabis valuation.
The two police photographs show cash from the seizure rather than the cannabis itself.
Drbna gives no separate date for the police check beyond early November; 7 November 2026 is its publication date.
Drbna confirms that marijuana was among the substances but publishes no cannabis weight, item count or street value.
Týdeník Policie republishes the regional police statement and gives no separate date for the check beyond early November, so it does not resolve the date question.
The outlet publishes no weight, item count or street value for the marijuana or the other drugs.
Its single photo shows seized banknotes credited to Policie ČR and is not added again because it is the same police handout already linked from the official police statement.
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