A drunk driver lost his Mustang. The court handed over the sports car to the police

The Ford Mustang confiscated from a 39-year-old driver for drunk driving was handed over to the Masovian police. On Tuesday in Radom, police officers presented its capabilities. The new police car is to be a tool to fight road pirates.

The car belonged to a resident of Warsaw, who in April 2025 ended up driving a sports car in a ditch by the road in the district. Ciechanowskie in Mazovia. The 39-year-old driver had over 2 ferries. alcohol in the body. The man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Due to the regulations that allow the confiscation of cars from drivers with more than 1.5 per mille of alcohol in their blood, the car was secured in a guarded parking lot – informed the spokeswoman of the Masovian police, Deputy Inspector. Katarzyna Kucharska.

In September, the owner lost the vehicle – the District Court in Ciechanów ordered the forfeiture of the car in 2025. American Ford Mustang GT, worth approximately PLN 150,000. PLN, was practically undamaged after the accident. The police thought it would be worth having such a car, for example to fight road pirates.

– Since the currently applicable regulations allow for the transfer of confiscated cars to entities other than the tax office, the officers requested the transfer of the car to the Police Headquarters, and the District Prosecutor in Ciechanów supported the application at the stage of execution of the sentence – said the spokeswoman of the Masovian Police.

In October last year, the District Court in Ciechanów decided to hand over the car to the police. The decision that he would go to the Masovian police station was made on December 8.

From the ditch to the road. A spectacular transformation of the Mustang

On Tuesday, the vehicle officially debuted in police colors. It will be used by officers of the Road Traffic Department of the Municipal Police Headquarters in Radom. The eight-year-old Ford Mustang has a 5.0 V8 engine and a power of 450 HP (331 kW). According to the manufacturer, the car takes less than 5 seconds to reach 100 km/h and its maximum speed is 249 km/h.

Ford Mustang is a sports model produced by the American brand since 1964. The 7th generation of the Mustang is currently available. The version with an 8-cylinder engine has a power of nearly 500 horsepower.

The popularity of this model in the United States was contributed to, among others, by: the 1968 film “Bullitt”, in which a policeman played by Steve McQueen chases his opponents driving a Mustang and escaping in a Dodge Charger.

Over 15,000 cars seized

As informed by the inspector. Kucharska, last year alone, police officers in the Masovian garrison detained 3,547 drivers under the influence of alcohol. Since the introduction of regulations on mandatory confiscation of vehicles (from March 2024) until the end of last year, the police temporarily seized 1,275 vehicles in the area subordinated to the Provincial Police Headquarters in Radom.

In 2025, the police throughout Poland detected a total of 92,532 drivers under the influence of alcohol, which means an increase of 208 cases compared to the previous year. According to the police, a larger number of detainees driving to the so-called double gas results from, among others, from a greater number of sobriety checks carried out by police officers – in 2025, 17,913,462 checks, which means an increase by 1,875,367 compared to 2024. Last year, however, the number of road accidents caused by drivers under the influence of alcohol decreased – in 2025, 1,174 such events were recorded.

The regulations in force from March 14, 2024 provide for mandatory forfeiture of vehicles. According to them, a drunk driver who has at least 1.5 per mille of alcohol in his blood must take into account the loss of his car, regardless of whether he caused a road accident. Car forfeiture is also used when the driver causes a catastrophe, brings an immediate danger of a catastrophe or causes a road accident with a blood alcohol content above 100%. In these cases, the police will temporarily seize the car for a period of up to seven days, the prosecutor will order the property secured, and then the court will order the forfeiture of the vehicle.

As reported by the Police Headquarters, by March 17, 15,206 vehicles were seized from perpetrators of crimes against safety in land traffic. (PAP)

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