Five men held in Ostrów Wielkopolski weekend drug sweep
Ostrów Wielkopolski police detained five men aged 24 to 36 between 30 October and 1 November 2026, seizing marijuana alongside amphetamine and methamphetamine. Police reported combined mixed-drug totals of nearly 60 grams and more than 30 grams, with no cannabis-only weight given, and said further proceedings will follow.
Ostrów Wielkopolski police made several detentions over three days, holding men
aged 24 to 36 and seizing amphetamine, marijuana and methamphetamine.[1]The
detentions for drug possession in Ostrów Wielkopolski were carried out by
officers of the Criminal Department and the Prevention Department.[1]On 30
October officers stopped a nervous 36-year-old resident of Ostrów Wielkopolski
and found a foil bag with a white substance on him.[1]Officers then checked
his residence and found additional banned substances identified as amphetamine,
marijuana and methamphetamine.[1]On 31 October officers intervened at an
address in Ostrów Wielkopolski where a group of people were present and found
drugs on two men.[1]
Preliminary tests identified the substances seized on 31 October as marijuana,
amphetamine and methamphetamine, with police putting the combined total at
nearly 60 grams of drugs.[1]On the evening of 1 November a Prevention
Department patrol stopped a car carrying several people.[1]During that check
officers found banned substances on two men aged 24, who together held more than
30 grams of drugs.[1]
All the revealed substances were secured and the cases will be subject to
further proceedings.[1]Ostrów police reminded that possessing intoxicants and
psychotropic substances is a crime carrying criminal liability.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No cannabis-only weight was published; the nearly 60 grams and more than 30 grams cover marijuana together with amphetamine and methamphetamine, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
The total of five detained is inferred from one 36-year-old plus two men on 31 October plus two 24-year-olds on 1 November; the article says only several detentions without giving an explicit total.
No charges, custody decisions or court outcomes were reported; the article says the cases will be subject to further proceedings.
The article gives no separate cannabis amount for the 30 October residence seizure, only naming amphetamine, marijuana and methamphetamine.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching; no police statement could be opened to confirm details.
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