33-year-old held in Bender after fight; two cannabis wraps seized
Militia called to a fight between two partners in a Bender flat detained the 33-year-old man and, while inspecting the home, found two wraps of cannabis and a bottle adapted for smoking drugs on the balcony. He admitted the cannabis was for his own use, and the Interior Ministry said an inquiry was under way.
🏳️ Bender, Transnistria (a flat on Benderskogo Vosstaniya Street) · Transnistria
At 7 pm on 26 July 2017 a fight broke out between two people living together in
a flat in Bender, Transnistria.[1]The 54-year-old woman who owned the home
was frightened by the fight and called the district police inspectors, who came
and detained her drunk 33-year-old partner.[2]While inspecting the flat,
officers found a plastic bottle adapted for smoking drugs and a tin can holding
two wraps on the balcony.[2]The wraps held dried, crushed plant material that
resembled marijuana in appearance and smell.[2]
The Transnistrian Interior Ministry press service said an inquiry into the case
was under way.[2]
Photos and video
Police evidence photo of the dried, crushed cannabis taken in the case, laid on paper beside a ruler. Photo: МВД ПМР (Transnistrian Interior Ministry)Photo details
No weight or other quantity for the cannabis wraps was published, so no cannabis weight can be recorded.
Neither account gives a separate date beyond the fight happening the evening before the 27 July 2017 reports, so 26 July 2017 is used.
The man was detained over the fight; whether he faced charges or an administrative penalty over the cannabis, and how the inquiry ended, was not reported.
The material is described as resembling marijuana in appearance and smell; no expert examination result was published.
The Interior Ministry page could only be read through a Wayback capture from 29 August 2017, and the Novosti Pridnestrovya article gives no street name, which comes from the ministry's version.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Новости Приднестровья: After sobering up, the man admitted the wraps contained cannabis for his own use.
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