Officers from the Operational Investigation Department and the Operational Investigation Group of the Border Guard Post in Kraków-Balice, along with officers from the Central Police Bureau of Investigation, arrested seven individuals suspected of participating in an organized crime group involved in wholesale drug trafficking. During the operation, conducted across four voivodeships, over 80 kg of various narcotics and psychotropic substances were seized, with a black market value of nearly PLN 2 million.
Officers from the Carpathian Border Guard Unit, along with officers from the Central Bureau of Investigation of the Police, are conducting an investigation into the activities of an organized crime group whose members allegedly engaged in the distribution of wholesale quantities of drugs throughout the country. The investigation is being overseen by the Silesian Branch of the Department of Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor’s Office in Katowice.
In the second half of June, officers from the Carpathian Border Guard Unit and the Central Bureau of Investigation of the Police conducted operations in the Warmian-Masurian, Pomeranian, Greater Poland, and Łódź Voivodeships. As a result, seven individuals aged 26 to 39 were detained. Among those detained were six Polish citizens and a Ukrainian citizen. Simultaneously, investigators searched 14 pre-selected locations across the country. During the operation, officers seized a total of over 80 kg of drugs, including cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine, clephedrone, marijuana, and hashish. The estimated black market value of the seized funds is nearly PLN 2 million. Investigative findings indicate that the group may have operated from November 2025 to the present, conducting illegal activities throughout Poland.
During the proceedings, cash in the amount of over PLN 180,000 was seized to cover future penalties and punitive measures. The detainees were brought to the Silesian Branch of the National Prosecutor’s Office in Katowice, where the prosecutor presented them with charges including participation in an organized criminal group, leading such a group, and drug-related offenses. At the prosecutor’s request, the court imposed a preventive measure in the form of pretrial detention on six of the suspects. The suspects could face up to 20 years in prison for the alleged offenses.