After learning in mid-October that a 47-year-old was running an illegal cannabis operation, police from Sisak-Moslavina county searched three properties he used in Kutina, Popovača and Velika Ludina.[1][2] At a press conference on 22 October 2026 they said they seized 2,753 grammes of cannabis, indoor grow tents and drying gear, and an automatic rifle described as a Kalashnikov with 514 rounds of ammunition.[1][2]

The man, previously unknown to police, was arrested without resistance and given a one-month detention order while investigators filed charges for drug production and trafficking and illegal weapons possession.[1][2] Criminal police leaders warned other growers they would keep targeting production sites, noting that drug raids increasingly find firearms.[1][2]