Hungarian authorities report a significant decrease in drug flows in the past month

The crackdown launched by the government against drug dealers a month ago has “significantly” reduced the amount of illicit drugs in circulation in Hungary, the government commissioner responsible for the elimination of drug trafficking said on Monday.

Speaking at a press conference on a recent police drug operation in Pest County, László Horváth said the authorities have so far opened 1,300 criminal investigations into drug trafficking cases and have arrested close to 150 drug dealers, seizing hundreds of millions of forints’ worth of drugs.

The drug crackdown has resulted in a three-to-four-fold increase in the street price of certain rarer substances, making them even harder to obtain, Horváth said. He thanked the police for their efforts and civil society for their assistance. “It has been a good start,” the commissioner said, adding that on Tuesday he will submit a bill to parliament aimed at handing the authorities more effective tools to eliminate the presence of illicit drugs.

Today’s news is that the police officers of the Pest County Police Headquarters – together with the BRFK and the Heves County Police – conducted a coordinated search on 25 March 2025 in several locations. The cops arrested eight members of an organised drug trafficking network. According to the investigation, Gábor K. K., a member of the criminal gang, in cooperation with his brother András K. and their other associates Máté R. and Géza K., had acquired and sold significant quantities of drugs in several settlements in Pest County and in the capital. The brothers had been dealing drugs since April 2024, which they obtained from O. Oliver in Budapest. The illicit substance was stored in an apartment in the capital, which also belonged to a family member who was involved in the sale of the drugs.