Remus Tatian Luca received a merged sentence of 10 years, 10 months and 20 days in prison after the court combined the penalties in a new drug case with those from an earlier case.[1] In decision 1309/2026 in case 5963/3/2024, the court imposed five years and six months for continued trafficking in risk and high-risk drugs and eight months for possession for personal use.[1] The total exceeded ten years because it included an earlier final conviction in which Luca had received eight years and six months.[1] In the same judgment, Radu Matei Mitulescu received five years, eight months and 20 days in prison, while Tudor Ionuț Apostol received five months in prison with enforcement postponed for a two-year supervision period plus 60 days of community work.[1]
On 29 December 2023, Luca and a woman later heard as a witness were stopped while moving through an area of Bucharest.[1] Laboratory tests found the woman was carrying 24.98 grams of cannabis and 1.43 grams of powder containing cocaine.[1] The same day, investigators searched Luca’s home in Sector 2 and seized jars, a container marked COOKIES, a foil with white powder, a self-sealing bag with plant matter, and a plate and card bearing powder traces.[1] The laboratory identified 483.72 grams of ketamine-containing substance, two cannabis amounts of 57.20 and 1,466.9 grams, and two cocaine-and-creatine powders of 4.13 and 10.30 grams, plus cocaine traces on the plate and card.[1] The court found that the 1,524.10 grams of cannabis and the ketamine substance were kept for sale, while the cocaine powders totalling 14.43 grams were for personal use.[1] Apostol was found with 14.77 grams of cannabis during the search of Mitulescu’s home.[1]
For Luca, the court retained four trafficking acts: two exchanges with Mitulescu, giving cannabis to the woman witness, and holding cannabis and ketamine for sale.[1] The court acquitted Luca of bringing drugs into the country and did not count the alleged resale of about 13 kilograms as trafficking.[1] The 15 October 2026 sentence is not final, with Luca’s appeal recorded on 23 October 2026 and other challenges also listed.[1]