Police in Płońsk detained a 34-year-old resident of the town after he was reported walking into the roadway on Grunwaldzka Street on the evening of Thursday, 5 November 2026.[1] The callers were members of the public who noticed his behaviour, and officers from the patrol and intervention unit found a man with clear difficulty keeping his balance.[1]

Officers smelled alcohol and a characteristic odour of marijuana on him, and a personal search found drugs, which were seized for laboratory testing.[1] A breath test showed more than 1.5 per mille of alcohol in his body, a reading Polish police report in promile, or grams of alcohol per litre of blood.[2]

He was detained, and if tests confirm the seized dried plant material is a controlled substance he may face a charge of possessing it under Poland’s anti-drug law.[3] Under the act on counteracting drug addiction, possessing narcotic or psychotropic substances carries up to three years in prison.[1]

The Płońsk county police command published the account, which its press officer, Sgt. Eliza Koźlicka, gave to local outlets.[1] Infoplonsk.pl also reported the intervention, saying the pedestrian’s behaviour drew the attention of a witness.[4]