Polish prosecutors indict 'Wielki Bu' on organised crime and drug charges; photos with President Nawrocki resurface
An indictment for Patryk M., known as ‘Wielki Bu’, was filed in Gdańsk on 30 June 2026, charging him with participating in an international drug-trafficking group, trading cocaine and amphetamine, and stealing an Audi Q7. The case draws attention to his past meetings and photographs with President Karol Nawrocki.
Indictment lands at Gdańsk court
On 30 June 2026, the Lubelski Zamiejscowy department of the National Prosecutor’s Office sent an indictment against 36‑year‑old Patryk M., nicknamed ‘Wielki Bu’, and co‑defendant Adrian R. to the District Court in Gdańsk. The document runs to seven charges, six of them concerning Patryk M. and one Adrian R.
The case is an example of effective CBŚP operations conducted in cooperation with the prosecution and foreign partners.
Interior minister Marcin Kierwiński published that statement on 1 July, the day the filing was disclosed.
The seven charges
Prosecutors allege that between 2017 and 2018 Patryk M. belonged to an organised criminal group operating in Poland’s Pomorskie province, other parts of the country, the Netherlands and Spain. The group bought, manufactured and trafficked large quantities of narcotics: marijuana, cocaine, amphetamine (including liquid amphetamine), hashish, mephedrone, klephedrone and ecstasy. Two trafficking episodes are specifically itemised: 17 kg of marijuana with a black‑market value of about 850 000 zł and 2 kg of amphetamine worth about 60 000 zł. The indictment also charges that during the night of 5–6 January 2019 in Gdańsk, Patryk M. and Adrian R. broke into an Audi Q7, altered its VIN, then fraudulently sold it for 41 000 zł. Three of the six counts qualify as repeat‑offender recidivism.
- Organised criminal group active (2017–2018) in Poland, the Netherlands and Spain
- Night of 5–6 January: Audi Q7 stolen in Gdańsk, VIN altered
- Patryk M. arrested at Hamburg airport under European Arrest Warrant
- Extradited to Poland after German court decision becomes final
- Prosecutor files indictment in Gdańsk District Court
- Pre‑trial detention order expires (unless extended)
Defendant stays silent
Patryk M. was arrested at Hamburg airport on 12 September 2025 under a European Arrest Warrant, minutes before a planned flight to the United Arab Emirates. Germany surrendered him to Poland on 6 November 2025. He has not admitted to any of the charges and refused to give evidence. The court has extended his pre‑trial detention until 3 August 2026 and a preservation order has been placed on his Gdańsk apartment. Adrian R., by contrast, confessed and provided a statement matching the investigators’ findings.
A past with the president
Patryk M. is a known figure in the Lechia Gdańsk fan scene and a participant in freak‑fight MMA events since 2022. His earlier convictions include a two‑year prison sentence for kidnapping, served in a cell for dangerous inmates. The current case revived scrutiny of his contacts with Karol Nawrocki, formerly head of the Institute of National Remembrance and later the successful PiS candidate for president. In May 2024, M. posted a photo of himself in Nawrocki’s IPN office with the caption “Hard not to accept an invitation … I dropped in to see how Karol runs this institution.” Another shot showed them together at a café table. After Nawrocki’s inauguration, M. published a stadium picture captioned “I hope politics doesn’t change you, pal.”
I met him over a dozen years ago at a boxing gym; we fought each other in a sports formula. I respect my ring opponents for taking up the fight, but I am not responsible for their off‑the‑ring lives.
Nawrocki, speaking to Rzeczpospolita, stated that he had no knowledge of the criminal allegations.
Operation praised
Kierwiński’s post underlined the collaboration between the Central Bureau of Police Investigation (CBŚP), the prosecutor’s office and authorities abroad. The indictment caps an investigation that spanned at least three countries and ended with a high‑profile arrest at an international airport.
