Three men held in Cahul with 2 kg marijuana worth 490,000 lei
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.
Three men aged 41, 50 and 67 from Cahul district were suspected of circulating
marijuana.[1]Officers carried out five searches at their homes.[1]One
suspect was detained for 72 hours and then placed in detention for 30 days.[2]The other two suspects were investigated while remaining at liberty.[3]
Officers found and seized about two kilograms of marijuana.[1]During the
searches police also found grinding tools, a polymer-glass device used for
consuming drugs, small electronic scales and a firearm of unknown model.[3]Officers also found several glass jars and zip-lock packets in which the
suspects kept the drugs.[2]The estimated value of the seized drugs was given
as 490,000 lei.[3]Moldova 1 put the haul at drugs worth about 500,000 lei
taken in several searches at the three men’s homes.[2]
Police opened a criminal case and the suspects faced three to seven years in
prison.[2]Police said they were continuing special investigative measures to
establish and involve other people in the criminal activity.[1]
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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.
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.
