19-year-old held in Bender with 40 g of suspected hashish
Police in central Bender detained a 19-year-old local resident carrying about 10 grams of plant material thought to be hashish, and found three more packets of about 10 grams each at his home. The seized material was sent for biological examination, and if confirmed as a drug he could face a fine of up to 21,000 Transnistrian roubles or up to three years in prison.
Police detained a 19-year-old Bender resident in the city centre carrying a
10-gram packet of a banned plant substance believed to be hashish.[1]Seeing
the officers, he threw away a blue plastic bag holding the packet.[2]A search
of his room found three more similar packets, about 10 grams each, inside a
headphone box.[2]The detainee said he had found all four packets several days
earlier beside the railway tracks.[1]The state broadcaster’s account likewise
says he was detained with a 10-gram packet of the banned substance and that
three similar packets were found at his home.[3]
The seized material was sent for biological examination.[1]If the examination
confirms the packets hold a drug, he could face criminal liability under Article
226 of Transnistria’s Criminal Code, a fine of up to 21,000 Transnistrian
roubles or up to three years in prison.[1]
The Interior Ministry press service reported the detention from Bender on 8
September.[1]
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All weights are approximate: about 10 grams carried and about 10 grams in each of the three home packets, recorded together as about 0.04 kg.
The material was described only as a plant substance believed to be hashish, and examination was still to confirm whether the packets contain a drug.
The article gives no separate detention date, so 8 September 2026, the dateline and publication date, is used as the incident date.
The man was identified only by age and Bender residence, and no name was published.
No charge, custody decision or court outcome was reported; liability depended on the examination result and no criminal case was said to have been opened.
The fine of up to 21,000 Transnistrian roubles or up to three years in prison is the penalty the offence could carry, not a sentence imposed.
The radio page repeats the same Interior Ministry statement, so the event rests on a single original MVD account carried by two outlets.
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