Dutchman arrested in Marina with 980 g of marijuana and grow equipment
Police from the Split-Dalmatia Drug Crime Service arrested a 52-year-old Dutch citizen in Marina on 10 November 2026 after a search of the home he used found 980 grams of marijuana and cultivation equipment. He was to be handed over to the detention supervisor with criminal charges the same day.
🇭🇷 Marina, Split-Dalmatia County · Croatia
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Arrested
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Cannabis
980 g
Agency
Drug Crime Service of the Split-Dalmatia Police Department
Police officers from the Drug Crime Service of the Split-Dalmatia Police
Department acted against a 52-year-old Dutch citizen in Marina on 10 November
2026.[1][2]The police account published by Dalmacija Danas identified the man as
a Dutch citizen born in 1974.[3]
Officers searched the home the man was using in Marina and found 980 grams of
marijuana together with equipment intended for its cultivation.[1][2]Dalmacija
Danas, citing the Split-Dalmatia Police Department, reported the same 980 grams
of marijuana and the same cultivation equipment.[3]He was arrested after the
drugs were found.[3][2]
The man was to be handed over to the detention supervisor that day, along with
criminal charges.[1][2]The criminal complaint was to be filed together with the
handover to the detention supervisor.[3]
Photos and video
Police handout photo published with the report on the Marina search and the 980-gram marijuana seizure. Photo: PUSDPhoto details
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