Czech police charge 11 after cannabis grow found in Slaný basement
Police detained and charged 11 Czech citizens with organised cannabis growing and export after raids on 26 January 2026, mostly in the Central Bohemian Region and Prague. Officers found a large grow in the basement of a building in Slaný and seized hundreds of THC plants; six of the accused were remanded in custody.
🇨🇿 Slaný, Kladno District, Central Bohemian Region · Czechia
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Police detained and charged 11 people with drug offences in raids on 26 January 2026, mostly in the Central Bohemian Region and also in Prague.[1] The operation was run by the National Drug Headquarters, the Czech national drug squad.[2] The Slaný arrests were made in the Kladno district, near the ČSAD bus depot.[2] There, in the basement of a multi-storey building, investigators found a large cannabis grow.[1] Firefighters were also called to the building.[1]
Police seized hundreds of cannabis plants containing THC and other evidence.[2] Six of the accused were remanded in custody and five are being prosecuted at liberty.[1] All 11 are Czech citizens.[1]
Police said the group not only grew the drug but also distributed it abroad.[2] Most of the accused face eight to 18 years in prison if convicted, under paragraph 283a of the criminal code, which covers offences committed for an organised criminal group.[1] The case is code-named Kraut.[1] The investigation is at an early stage and police said they would not release further details for now.[1]
Sources
- Operace Kraut: Policie vyhmátla pěstírnu. Obviněným hrozí až 18 let za mřížemi. Kladenský deník, 12 February 2026. In Czech.
- Policisté zatkli ve Slaném podezřelé z pěstování marihuany, hrozí jim až 18 let. Metro.cz, 12 February 2026. In Czech.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports give no exact plant count or weight, only 'hundreds of plants'; no value is stated for the cannabis.
- The charges were reported on 12 February 2026 and the reports do not say when they were filed; no court date or outcome is reported.
- The eight-to-18-year range is the penalty the charges carry, not a sentence, and it is not stated whether all 11 or only most of them face the organised-group provision.
- Both opened reports rest on the same National Drug Headquarters statement, so the account has not been independently corroborated.