During a routine night patrol of Praga-Południe, municipal guards noticed a man on Sulejkowska Street staggering on the pavement who at one point leaned helplessly against a lamppost.[1][2] The guards approached to help him and smelled a strong odour of alcohol, then asked him to show documents to establish where he lived.[1][2]

While looking for his wallet, the 43-year-old instead pulled a packet of brown-green dried material from his pocket and handed it to the guards.[1][2] The patrol was carried out by officers of the 7th Area Unit covering Praga-Południe.[3] The guards called police, whose officers tested the secured substance with a drug tester, which confirmed it was marijuana.[1][2]

A sobriety test showed the detained man had over three permille of alcohol in his system.[1][2] The 43-year-old was taken to a police detention room, where he spent the night, with further proceedings for possession of narcotics planned after he sobered up completely.[1][2] The municipal guard said its officers handed the man and the packet over to police for checking.[4]