Man arrested in Bender with 22 hashish stash packages
Bender guard officers detained a man on 9 February 2026 after he threw something from his pocket at the Yermakova-Kishinyovskaya junction, then found a bundle with 22 hashish stash packets nearby. He was placed under arrest with a phone and folding knife seized, and faces up to 20 years in prison for drug distribution.
🏳️ Junction of Yermakova and Kishinyovskaya streets, Bender, Transnistria
Officers of the Bender non-departmental guard unit detained a drug stash
distributor in Bender during the daytime on 9 February 2026.[1]The duty desk
had received information that a young man in Druzhby Narodov Park was rummaging
under bushes, digging the ground and looking around.[1]Officers were told he
was heading toward Yermakova Street and were given his height, build and
clothing, then saw him at the crossing of Yermakova and Kishinyovskaya streets.[1]The unit representative said that on noticing the officers the man threw
something from his pocket, and officers detained him.[1]
The man initially denied involvement in distributing banned substances.[1]Minutes later officers found a bundle a few metres away holding 22 stash packets
with hashish.[1]The detainee had a smartphone with its navigation map
switched on and a folding knife on him.[1]
The stash distributor was placed under arrest.[1]For drug distribution he
faces up to 20 years imprisonment.[1]
Photos and video
Bundle on the ground beside a forensic ruler, captioned as the bundle with drugs. Photo: press centre of Transnistria's Interior MinistryPhoto details
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