Three months in custody for a 23-year-old stopped with about 17 kg of cannabis in Sochaczew
Police from Sochaczew stopped a 23-year-old on national road 92 in Dachowa on 19 October 2026 and found nearly 17 kg of vacuum-sealed cannabis in a bag in his boot. A prosecutor charged him with dealing in a large quantity, and on 22 October a court remanded him for three months; he faces up to 12 years.
🇵🇱 Sochaczew (arrest on national road 92 in Dachowa) · Poland
- Arrested
- 1
- Charged
- 1
- Cannabis
- 17 kg
Officers of the Sochaczew county police stopped a car on national road 92 in the village of Dachowa
on Monday, 19 October 2026, and found a bag in the boot holding a dozen or so vacuum-sealed foil bags
of green herb the police weighed at nearly 17 kilograms; the material was tested in the field
and sent for further examination, they said. A 23-year-old resident of Sochaczew was detained.[1][2]
On 21 October the man was brought before the district prosecutor’s office (Prokuratura Rejonowa) in
Sochaczew, which charged him with taking part in the trade of a significant quantity of a narcotic in
the form of the herb of non-fibre cannabis; the prosecutor then asked the court for custody. On
22 October 2026 the Sochaczew District Court granted the motion and remanded the suspect for three
months.[1][2] The police statement says the charge carries up to 12 years in prison.[1]
Sources
- Przewoził 17 kg marihuany. Tymczasowy areszt dla 23-letniego Sochaczewianina. Policja.pl (Komenda Wojewódzka Policji zs. w Radomiu), 27 October 2026. In Polish.
- Przewoził 17 kg marihuany. Tymczasowy areszt dla 23-letniego Sochaczewianina. Życie Powiatu na Mazowszu, 27 October 2026. In Polish.
Open questions the AI reported
- The police release does not name the suspect or give an age beyond 23.
- No destination for the cannabis or an upper-line supplier was reported.
- The second source republishes the Sochaczew police statement attributed to officer Agnieszka Dzik, so the two accounts share one origin.