Officers of the criminal division of the Siedlce city police stopped a 25-year-old man driving a Fiat away from a property in Siedlce commune on Tuesday, 6 October 2026.[1] The man was taken to a police cell and on Wednesday, 7 October heard charges of illegal cannabis cultivation and possession of a significant quantity of narcotic substances, which carry up to 10 years in prison.[1] After the procedural steps a prosecutor placed him under police supervision rather than pre-trial detention.[1]

In the car, officers found three plastic bags of substances initially identified as marijuana, amphetamine and mephedrone.[1] At his home they found a tent fitted with growing equipment and, inside it, six cannabis plants with visible flower heads.[1] The house search also turned up dried plant material and dried mushrooms.[1] Officers also secured eight cacti grown under a red-violet lamp; the man said they were Peruvian cacti with psychedelic properties, and they were sent for tests to establish whether they contain controlled substances.[1]

Police said they seized almost 350 grams of drugs, six cannabis bushes and eight cacti in all, and sent the plants and substances for further testing.[2] The cacti, and whether possessing them breaks the law, will depend on the test results, because the man’s own statement does not settle their properties.[1] The case is at the preparatory proceedings stage, and the final legal classification of the secured plants and substances will depend on the test results and the investigators’ findings.[3]