Gdańsk detectives detained two local men aged 43 and 44 suspected of trading banned substances, one of whom was additionally wanted to serve a sentence.[1][2][3][4] On Friday 30 October, officers established that one of the suspects was in Sopot and drove there to check.[1][2][3] Just before 4 pm, officers spotted the wanted 44-year-old on aleja Niepodległości, detained him and searched his flat in Chełm, a district of Gdańsk.[1][2][3][4] Just after 6 pm, officers stopped the second man near his address and searched his flat, where they found considerably more drugs.[1] Both detainees were brought to the Gdańsk-Śródmieście district prosecutor’s office, the local prosecution authority for central Gdańsk, where they were charged with participating in trafficking a significant quantity of drugs.[1][5][3] Both men were placed under arrest after being detained.[1][5]

In the Chełm flat, officers found and secured tens of grams including marijuana, cocaine and klefedron.[1][3] Police said the seized banned substances included ecstasy tablets, amphetamine, methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, klefedron and a canister with liquid amphetamine.[1][3][4] Police put the combined weight of the various seized drugs at more than 30 kilograms and handed the material to a court expert, who examined only part of it for a preliminary opinion because of its volume.[1][2][3][4]

Officers from the Orunia police station prepared the collected evidence and procedural documentation.[1] The 44-year-old must additionally serve 1 year and 10 months for earlier driving under the influence of drugs and failing to stop for a road check, and was also charged with acting in so-called recidivism because he had previously been convicted of a similar offence.[1] For participating in trafficking a significant quantity of drugs the suspects face up to 12 years in prison, and the older man faces up to 18 years as a repeat offender.[1]

The first detainee held 8.53 grams of cannabis herb.[6] The second detainee held 2496.30 grams of cannabis herb.[6]