15-year-old hands over suspected marijuana in Warsaw after feeling unwell
A 15-year-old boy in Warsaw called for help after feeling unwell from smoking marijuana and voluntarily handed police dried plant material preliminarily identified as possible marijuana. Paramedics found no need for hospitalisation, and police notified his parents and sent the case to the family court.
A 15-year-old boy felt unwell after smoking marijuana and called for help
himself.[1][2][3]Police officers, including local community officers known as
dzielnicowi, quickly arrived at the scene and secured the boy’s safety while
calling a medical rescue team and taking steps over the revealed substance.[4]Paramedics examined the boy on the spot and found no need for hospitalisation.[1][3]He voluntarily handed the officers dried plant material that a preliminary
test indicated could be marijuana, and officers secured the substance for
further proceedings.[4][3]
Police press officer Marta Haberska said officers ensured the 15-year-old’s
safety, called rescuers, secured the handed-over dried material and then
notified his parents.[1][2]Officers drew up the necessary documentation and
passed the minor to officers who handle juvenile cases.[1]The collected
materials were sent to the family court, which will decide the case.[1][2][3]The
intervention was handled within the Warsaw police district II area covering
Mokotów, Ursynów and Wilanów.[4][2]Police described the response as an example
of rapid reaction to reports and careful treatment of a person in need of help.[4]
This account states that the boy did not require hospitalisation despite the dried plant material being secured during the intervention.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession, Use
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Masovian Voivodeship
Date
Publication date
Sources
WP Infoinformacje.wp.plPL15-latek zgłosił problem ze zdrowiem. Policjanci zabezpieczyli podejrzaną substancję
No weight or quantity for the handed-over dried material was published, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
No separate date for the intervention was given; 6 November 2026 is the publication date of both the police statement and the WP Info report and is used as the incident date.
The reports give only a preliminary identification as possible marijuana; no laboratory confirmation was reported.
The exact spot of the intervention within the Mokotów, Ursynów and Wilanów command area was not specified; Mokotów, Warsaw is used from the handling command and the local filing.
No arrest, charge or family-court outcome was reported beyond the referral; the case was still pending when published.
The Miejski Reporter account gives no separate date for the intervention; 6 November 2026, used by the earlier report, is the publication date of the police statement, while this account was published on 7 November 2026.
The account gives no weight for the dried material and only a preliminary identification as possible marijuana, with no laboratory confirmation.
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