A 51-year-old man in Warsaw was arrested and placed in pre-trial detention after driving drunk twice while under an active court-ordered driving ban. <\/p>\n
Police officers in the Mokot\u00f3w district of Warsaw detained a 51-year-old man who, despite an active court-issued ban on driving mechanical vehicles, twice drove a car while in a state of intoxication. Following his second arrest, at the request of the prosecutor’s office, the court applied a preventive measure against the suspect in the form of a two-month pre-trial detention.<\/p>\n
In April 2026, police officers stopped a Jaguar X-Type vehicle for a road inspection. The incident took place on Gotarda Street in Warsaw’s Mokot\u00f3w. A sobriety test showed 3.47 per mille of alcohol in the blood. During further proceedings, officers established that the 51-year-old man was driving the vehicle despite a binding court-ordered ban on driving mechanical vehicles.<\/p>\n
The man faced charges regarding the commission of offenses under Article 178a \u00a7 1 of the Penal Code, consisting of driving a mechanical vehicle while intoxicated, which carries a penalty of up to 3 years of deprivation of liberty, and Article 244 of the Penal Code, concerning failure to comply with a court-ordered ban on driving mechanical vehicles, which carries a penalty ranging from 3 months to 5 years of deprivation of liberty. Despite the charges presented, pre-trial detention was not applied to the suspect at that time. The prosecutor’s office decided to apply a preventive measure in the form of police supervision, requiring him to undergo a sobriety test during each implementation of the supervision.<\/p>\n
Despite the applied preventive measures, the 51-year-old once again disregarded current regulations and the court ruling. A few days ago, he was detained by police officers on a public road at Wo\u0142oska Street in Warsaw. He was driving a Ford Mondeo car while in a state of intoxication, with a test showing 2.96 per mille of alcohol in the blood. Officers confirmed once again that the court-ordered driving ban was still in effect for him.<\/p>\n
In connection with the repeated commission of offenses, the prosecutor submitted a motion to the court for a 90-day pre-trial detention of the suspect. The court, recognizing the prosecutor’s argument and the gathered evidentiary material, applied a preventive measure of pre-trial detention for a period of two months, thereby enabling the prosecutor’s office to conduct all necessary procedural activities.<\/p>\n
For driving a mechanical vehicle while intoxicated and failing to comply with a binding court ruling, the man will bear criminal responsibility. The court will decide on the sentence, though current regulations provide for imprisonment, multi-year driving bans, or lifetime bans in cases specified by the law, the obligation to pay a monetary contribution, and the forfeiture of the vehicle or its equivalent upon meeting statutory conditions.<\/p>\n
Law enforcement officers consistently react to every case of driving under the influence of alcohol and disregarding court rulings. Such behavior constitutes a flagrant violation of the law and poses a mortal threat to all road traffic participants. There will be no leniency for drivers who consciously endanger the lives of others, and every instance of drunk driving or non-compliance with a court ban will be met with a decisive police response, utilizing all legally provided measures to ensure road safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A 51-year-old man in Warsaw was arrested and placed in pre-trial detention after driving drunk twice while under an active court-ordered driving ban. Arrested in Warsaw for Drunk Driving Despite Judicial Ban Police officers in the Mokot\u00f3w district of Warsaw detained a 51-year-old man who, despite an active court-issued ban on driving mechanical vehicles, twice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}