Buzău: 27-year-old held 30 days over cannabis and "cristal" sales
A 27-year-old man was placed in 30 days' preventive arrest on 4 November 2026 after DIICOT prosecutors and Buzău organised-crime police accused him of selling cannabis and 3-CMC between February and September. Searches of four addresses in Buzău and Bucharest on 3 November recovered cannabis, a 4-CMC substance and weighing and grinding equipment.
A 27-year-old man was placed in 30 days of preventive arrest on suspicion of
continued trafficking in risk and high-risk drugs.[1][2][3]Investigators said he
sold cannabis and 3-CMC, a synthetic cathinone known in Romania as “cristal”,
both by direct sale and by the “dead drop” method, in which drugs are hidden at
set places for buyers to collect later.[1][4]Officers of the Buzău
organised-crime service and prosecutors of DIICOT’s Buzău territorial office,
the directorate that investigates organised crime and terrorism, documented his
activity between February and September 2026.[1][3]Amprenta Buzău reported that
he allegedly obtained, held and prepared for sale quantities of cannabis and
synthetic substances, including 3-CMC.[5]
On 3 November 2026 police carried out four home-search warrants in Buzău and
Bucharest.[1][6][2]The searches targeted addresses in the municipalities of Buzău
and Bucharest.[5]At the end of October 2026 police had already found him in
the municipality of Buzău carrying a quantity of cannabis.[1][6][2]
DIICOT Buzău prosecutors ordered his detention for 24 hours on 3 November.[1][3][7]On 4 November the rights-and-freedoms judge of the Buzău Tribunal ordered him
held in preventive arrest for 30 days.[1][6][2]Buzău county police officers and
Buzău county gendarmes took part in the operation, which Stiri de Buzau reported
was carried out with their support.[8]Stiri de Buzau reported that his drugs
were delivered both directly to clients and through dead drops in Buzău and
Bucharest.[8]Investigations continued to establish the full extent of the
alleged offending, and he has not been tried.[5]
The 3 November searches recovered quantities of cannabis and a crystalline substance identified as 4-CMC, together with an electronic scale, a grinder and other evidence.[6][2][3]
The searches recovered quantities of cannabis, an electronic scale, a grinder and other evidence.[7]The statement came from the Buzău county police press office.[7]
Photos and video
Video posted with the Buzău report on the detention of the 27-year-old and the 3 November searches; the still frame is captioned as Buzău drug-trafficking coverage. Video: Stiri de Buzau Source: Stiri de Buzau
Police footage of the Buzău case embedded in the report, titled Percheziții Buzău. Trafic de droguri. Video: IPJ Buzău Source: Jurnalul de BuzauLeading photograph on the Buzău report of the searches and the arrest. Photo: Jurnalul de BuzauPhoto details
JURNAL MMjurnalmm.roROTânăr de 27 de ani, arestat preventiv pentru vânzare de canabis și cristal prin metoda dead-drop
QWER.roqwer.roROVIDEO Tânăr de 27 de ani, arestat pentru trafic de droguri în Buzău. Vindea canabis și „cristal” prin metoda „dead drop”
Amprenta Buzăuamprentabuzau.roROPrins inițial cu canabis, un tânăr de 27 de ani a ajuns în arest după ce anchetatorii au descoperit și droguri de mare risc!
Stiri de Buzaustiridebuzau.roROVIDEO Tânăr de 27 de ani, arestat pentru trafic de droguri în Buzău. Vindea canabis și „cristal” prin metoda „dead drop”
Open questions the AI reported
No weight for the cannabis found in the 3 November searches or in the earlier stop was published, so no cannabis quantity can be recorded.
The 3-CMC sold during the alleged trafficking and the 4-CMC found in the searches are synthetic drugs outside the cannabis figures, and no combined total is recorded.
The suspect was not named and no charges were formally listed beyond the trafficking investigation opened by DIICOT Buzău; he retains the presumption of innocence.
No date was given for the earlier stop at the end of October other than the month, and no quantum of cannabis was stated for it.
Accounts differ on whether the trafficking took place in Buzău alone or in Buzău and Bucharest; the report uses the Buzău activity and the Buzău and Bucharest searches.
No direct media address could be verified for the pictures on the Buzău.net article, which are generic police archive images, so only the Stiri de Buzau video is listed.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Știri din Buzău: The searches recovered quantities of cannabis and a crystalline substance identified as 4-CMC, together with an electronic scale, a grinder and other evidence.
The page embeds a YouTube video titled Trafic de droguri Buzău, but its content could not be verified from the capture, so no video entry is included.
Jurnal MM credits its account to DIICOT; the directorate's own press release could not be opened, so that attribution is taken from the article.
The page states no weights for the cannabis seized in the searches or carried at the end of October, so no cannabis quantity can be recorded.
DIICOT prosecutors in Cluj detained two men aged 25 and 30 on 10 November 2026 over alleged risk-drug trafficking after an 8 November dead-drop sale of about one kilogram of cannabis. Investigators caught the 30-year-old in the act collecting 4,100 euros in payment and asked a Cluj Tribunal judge to place both men in 30 days' preventive arrest.
DIICOT prosecutors in Mehedinti detained two men aged 20 and 40 accused of selling cocaine and cannabis in Drobeta-Turnu Severin. Officers seized about 100 grams of cannabis carried for sale and asked a court to hold both men for 30 days.
Police in Baia Mare caught a 46-year-old collecting a courier parcel carrying more than 5 kilograms of cannabis sent from Spain, then found a 35-year-old who had allegedly received about 3 kilograms of it. DIICOT prosecutors detained both men on 5 November 2026 and the Maramureș Tribunal ordered them held in preventive arrest for 30 days.
Gorj organised-crime police and DIICOT prosecutors caught a 32-year-old man in Motru as he took possession of a parcel from Spain holding about 7.8 kg of cannabis hidden among food. The man was detained on 4 November 2026, while prosecutors sought preventive arrest for him and, in absentia, for a 34-year-old relative in Spain accused of sending the drugs.
