Two held in Cahul with 6 kg of cannabis worth 1.2 million lei
Moldovan prosecutors and anti-drug officers detained two men, aged 35 and 41, in Cahul and seized six kilograms of marijuana that police valued at more than 1.2 million lei. Prosecutors said the pair grew high-THC cannabis from seeds bought abroad and supplied dealers in Cahul, Chișinău and Romania; a court ordered them held for 30 days.
Prosecutors of the PCCOCS and officers of the National Investigations
Inspectorate detained two men from Cahul in a cannabis seizure intended for
sale, and on the request of the PCCOCS the Chișinău court at Ciocana ordered
that they be held in preventive arrest for 30 days.[1]The two suspects were
aged 35 and 41.[2]
Law enforcement officers seized six kilograms of marijuana during searches in
Cahul.[2]Police put the value of the marijuana seized at more than 1.2
million lei.[2]The PCCOCS said the pair specialised in growing cannabis
plants with a high concentration of THC, the main psychotropic substance in
cannabis.[1]They bought cannabis seeds outside Moldova and sold the
higher-quality cannabis buds to dealers in Chișinău and Romania, with the rest
going to dealers in Cahul.[1]
At the home of the 41-year-old, in searches at both men’s homes carried out with
the support of the special police unit Fulger, officers found equipment for
dividing and selling the drug.[1]Officers also seized a hunting weapon and
live cartridges held without permits.[1]The PCCOCS said the two men benefit
from the presumption of innocence during the continuing criminal investigation.[1]
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Photo published with the report on the Cahul searches, showing bagged and scented cannabis buds and a bucket of loose plant material. No caption or credit was published with the picture.Photo details
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The sources do not give the exact date of the searches and detention; 19 August 2024, the publication date of all three accounts, is used as the incident date.
Moldova 1 places the partitioning and sale equipment at the 41-year-old's home; the PCCOCS statement says searches took place at both homes, and it is not established whether the second home held any.
No figure was published for the number of plants grown, the growing site's area, or where the cultivation took place.
No charges were reported, and no court outcome beyond the 30-day preventive arrest was published.
The names of the two suspects were not published; the PCCOCS statement refers to them only by age.
The 1.2 million lei figure is a police estimate for the six kilograms; no cannabis quantity outside this figure is recorded.
The photo published with the Moldova 1 report has no caption or credit, and it is not separately established that the material shown belongs to this seizure.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in IPN: A criminal case was opened and the investigation was continuing, and the PCCOCS said the two men benefit from the presumption of innocence.
Police searched the homes of three Drochia residents aged 46 to 55 and found marijuana, hashish, mephedrone and cocaine, along with about 200 litres of counterfeit alcohol. The substances were sent for expert examination, and police said they were still establishing all the circumstances and everyone involved.
In November 2025 Moldova's southern investigations directorate searched four homes in Cahul and Cantemir districts, finding about seven kilograms of hydroponic cannabis and dried hemp that police valued at more than two million lei on the black market.
Moldovan police and the Fulger special police unit carried out 10 searches and dismantled five marijuana-growing laboratories in Chișinău and Criuleni district, detaining three men for 72 hours. Officers seized 169 growing plants and about 1.5 kg of dried drug, while IPN put the marijuana haul at 35 kg, worth over 7 million lei on the black market.
Police searched five homes in Cahul district and seized about 2 kg of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a firearm, valuing the drugs at 490,000 lei. One of the three suspects aged 41, 50 and 67 was placed in 30-day detention while the other two were investigated at liberty for trafficking punishable by three to seven years.
