Cannabis found in Gdynia allotment shed as police break two amphetamine labs
Police from the Bydgoszcz branches of the CBŚP and CBZC detained two men and shut two illegal amphetamine laboratories, one in an allotment garden in Gdynia and one in a basement in Rumia, also finding a hemp cultivation in the allotment shed. Both men were charged with drug production, illegal hemp cultivation and possession, and a court ordered them held in temporary arrest.
🇵🇱 Gdynia and Rumia, Pomeranian Voivodeship · Poland
Officers of the Bydgoszcz branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation of
Police (CBŚP) and the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) detained
two men, identified as Tomasz D. and Sebastian B., in an operation against two
illegal amphetamine laboratories in Gdynia and Rumia.[1][2][3][4]
The first laboratory, with a complete production line for amphetamine, operated
on a plot in an allotment garden in Gdynia; the second was in the basement of an
apartment block in Rumia and belonged to Tomasz D.[1][2][3][4][5]
The police statement reported that the allotment shed where the drug was made
also contained a cultivation of hemp other than fibre hemp and dried plant
material, with no plant count or weight given.[6][5]At the home of the second
suspect, police found equipment for growing marijuana along with amphetamine.[1][2][4][5]
Both suspects were charged with illegal production of significant quantities of
drugs, cultivation of hemp other than fibre hemp, and possession of intoxicating
and psychotropic substances.[1][2][3][4][5]The two men were taken to the District
Prosecutor’s Office in Gdynia, and a court ordered them held in temporary arrest
at the prosecutor’s request.[6][3][4][5]
The police figures for the operation concern amphetamine: 3.5 kg of liquid
amphetamine and more than 45 litres of liquid base amphetamine, valued by police
at about 1.6 million zlotys, and are not counted as cannabis.[6]
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illegal production of significant quantities of drugs; cultivation of hemp other than fibre hemp; possession of intoxicating and psychotropic substances
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Date
Publication date
Sources
RMF24rmf24.plPLNielegalne laboratoria zlikwidowane. Policja przejęła narkotyki warte ponad 1,6 mln zł
kryminalki.plkryminalki.plPLAltana kryła linię produkcyjną amfetaminy. Kolejne laboratorium znaleźli w piwnicy bloku
Fronda.plfronda.plPLLaboratoria amfetaminy zlikwidowane. Zabezpieczono narkotyki warte niemal 2 mln zł
Open questions the AI reported
No separate date is given for the searches, detentions or arrests; 9 November 2026 is the publication date of both accounts and stands in for the incident date.
No count of cannabis plants, weight of cannabis or area of the cultivation was published; the only cannabis evidence stated is the cultivation and dried plant material in the allotment shed and growing equipment at one suspect's home.
The 1.6 million zloty value in the headline is a police estimate for the amphetamine and chemicals, not for cannabis, and is not recorded as a cannabis figure.
The amphetamine is described only as liquid and base amphetamine with no laboratory confirmation reported; none of its quantities are counted as cannabis.
Cannabis was found at two different locations, the allotment shed in Gdynia and one suspect's home, and the sources do not say whether these are separate sites; the report records two production sites and does not give a cannabis site count.
The report says the 45 litres of base amphetamine could yield 60 kg of finished drug; that is a police estimate of potential output, not a quantity seized.
Neither account says when the case began or whether the two men had pleaded; no court outcome beyond temporary arrest was reported.
Both cited pages publish the same CBŚP statement, so they are not independent reporting; no police page or other outlet account of the operation was found.
The text gives a weight ("3.5 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
The Chinese-language account gives the same police-sourced details as the Polish reports and does not independently confirm them.
No separate date is given for the searches or detentions; 9 November 2026 is both its publication date and the date of the account it translates.
The Ukrainian UA.NEWS page reproduces the same RMF24 material as the Polish accounts already cited, so it strengthens corroboration but is not independent reporting.
The page gives no separate date for the searches or detentions; 9 November 2026 is its publication date and stands in for the incident date.
The CBŚP statement gives no separate date for the searches or detentions; 9 November 2026 is its publication date and stands in for the incident date.
The statement still gives no plant count, weight of dried cannabis or area for the hemp cultivation, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
The amphetamine weights, the estimated 60 kg of finished drug and the 1.6 million zloty value are police estimates for amphetamine and chemicals, not cannabis figures, and are excluded.
The statement does not say whether the two locations it names for cannabis — the allotment shed in Gdynia and one suspect's home — are separate sites.
Neither suspect's plea nor any court outcome beyond temporary arrest is reported.
The three gallery photos and the embedded video carry no captions naming which laboratory or seizure they show.
The kryminalki.pl page reproduces the same CBŚP statement as the accounts already cited, so it is not independent reporting of the operation.
The page gives no plant count, weight of dried cannabis or area for the hemp cultivation in the allotment shed.
The amphetamine quantities on the page are amphetamine, not cannabis figures, and its estimate of about 60 kg of finished drug from the 45 litres is a potential output estimate.
The page's headline figure of 1.5 million zlotys differs from the 1.6 million zlotys reported elsewhere; it is a police estimate for amphetamine and chemicals in any case, not a cannabis figure.
The page's photo is captioned only 'CBŚP', with no statement of which site or seizure it depicts, and it appears to be the police handout already listed in the report.
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