Criminal police in Jelenia Góra arrested a 59-year-old resident after they found a cannabis grow in the cellar of his house.[1] The city police published the account on 13 October 2026, and 24jgora.pl reported it the same morning.[1][2] A district court, on a request from the district prosecutor, ordered him held for three months.[1] Police say the charges carry up to 10 years in prison.[1]

Officers looking into drug crime had information that a resident was growing cannabis and keeping a large quantity of drugs.[1] They say he had set the grow up in his cellar, with equipment to control heating, lighting and ventilation.[1] They secured more than 600 cannabis plants at different stages of growth, 3.5 kg of cannabis, and cocaine that police say would make more than 80 retail portions.[1] They also took the equipment used to run the grow.[1]

He was held in police custody and then charged with drug offences.[1] The police notice, signed by Deputy Inspector Edyta Bagrowska, does not name him or give the address.[1]