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Officers of the Mazovian KAS branch found 44.9 kg of marijuana worth more than 2.2 million zloty in the luggage of a 33-year-old Greek man who flew in from Bangkok to Chopin Airport.
A court ordered the 33-year-old Greek man held in temporary custody for three months. Importing significant quantities of narcotics carries 3 to 20 years in prison and a fine, according to the KAS statement.
RMF24 recalls that in November 2012 three Poles tried to carry 47.5 kg of cocaine from the Dominican Republic, the record for passenger traffic at Chopin Airport.
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Warsaw · Poland
Baggage check at Chopin Airport
Officers of the Mazovian branch of the National Revenue Administration (KAS) found the drugs during an inspection of luggage at Warsaw's Chopin Airport. According to RMF24, the flight had arrived from Bangkok, and the passenger was selected for a routine check after collecting his bags. The 33-year-old Greek citizen was carrying 44.9 kg of marijuana, which the reports put at more than 2.2 million zloty on the black market. He could not provide the code needed to open the bags, so officers forced them open. Inside they found four vacuum-sealed packages of green dried material wrapped in orange tape. A field narcotest confirmed the substance was marijuana.
Detention and possible penalty
The man was detained, and a court decided he should be held in temporary custody for three months. KAS spokesperson Justyna Pasieczyńska described the moment the bags were examined and what the traveller told officers.
“The traveller stated that he did not know the code that would allow the bags to be opened.”
Justyna Pasieczyńska
Importing significant quantities of narcotics carries a sentence of 3 to 20 years in prison, according to the KAS statement, and a fine can be added. Detention and custody are steps in the proceedings and do not amount to a conviction. No source reports a charge outcome or verdict in this case.
Record from 2012
RMF24 recalls the record case for passenger traffic at Chopin Airport, which took place in November 2012. In that case three Poles tried to carry 47.5 kg of cocaine from the Dominican Republic in their suitcases. The reports from October 2026 do not say whether the current seizure was measured against that record. The RMF24 article presents the 2012 case as background to the new seizure.
What the reports say
Both articles appeared on the morning of 22 October 2026, and both give the same weight of 44.9 kg and the same value above 2.2 million zloty. They differ on the number of bags. Nasz Dziennik describes a single suitcase, while RMF24 says the drugs were hidden in two suitcases belonging to the man. RMF24 reporter Przemysław Mzyk said officers stopped the drugs at the airport, and the details of the search come from the KAS spokesperson's account.
Greek man held with 44.9 kg of marijuana in luggage at Warsaw's Chopin Airport
Officers found 44.9 kg of marijuana worth more than 2.2 million zloty in the luggage of a 33-year-old Greek man arriving at Chopin Airport from Bangkok. A court ordered him held in temporary custody for three months.
AI text based on reports by Nasz Dziennik and rmf24.pl. Published .