Two 17-year-olds held in Chisinau with hashish worth 50,000 lei
Police in Chisinau detained two 17-year-olds suspected of acting as couriers and storekeepers for hashish sold through Telegram. Searches at their homes seized hashish valued at about 50,000 lei, which police say was meant for stashes around the city.
🇲🇩 Chișinău · Moldova
Arrested
2
Agencies
National Inspectorate of Investigations (INI), Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS) +1
Two 17-year-olds in Chisinau are suspected of involvement in a network selling
drugs through the Telegram app.[1]Police from the National Inspectorate of
Investigations and PCCOCS prosecutorsseizedhashish and placed the two
17-year-old minors under judicial control for alleged drug trafficking via
Telegram.[2]According to police, their roles were as couriers and
storekeepers of the narcotic substances.[1]
Officers of the National Inspectorate of Investigations, with PCCOCS prosecutors
and Fulger brigade specialists, executed search warrants in Chisinau in a
drug-trafficking case.[2]During searches at the suspects’ homes in the
capital, officers found and seized hashish that was to be placed in stashes
around Chisinau municipality.[1]Police valued the seized hashish at 50,000
lei.[2]
The narcotics were discovered at the young people’s homes during the searches,
and if convicted they face between three and seven years in prison.[2]They
remain presumed innocent until a court ruling, but face three to seven years in
prison if found guilty.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Value (official estimate)
MDL 50,000
Agencies
National Inspectorate of Investigations (INI); Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS); Fulger Special Purpose Police Brigade
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Hashish
Setting
Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Chișinău
Date
Publication date
Sources
UNIMEDIAunimedia.infoRO(video) „Afacere” prin Telegram: Droguri în valoare de 50 mii de lei, ridicate în capitală. Doi curieri de 17 ani au fost reținuți
Goldringgoldring.roRODoi adolescenți de 17 ani, prinși în Chișinău cu hașiș valuat la 50.000 de lei, vândut prin Telegram
Open questions the AI reported
No weight for the seized hashish was published, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
The articles give no separate date for the searches; 6 November 2026 is the publication date of both sources and is used as the incident date.
No court outcome was reported; the teenagers face three to seven years in prison if convicted and remain presumed innocent.
The only page image found is labelled as a collage and is not established to show this seizure, so no photo or video is linked.
Four Chisinau students aged 19-22 were detained in Comrat for allegedly selling marijuana to fellow students. A court placed all four in preventive arrest for 30 days while trafficking charges carrying 15-17 years are investigated.
Police in Chișinău held a 25-year-old man for 72 hours after his Ford struck two pedestrians on a crossing on Grigore Vieru Boulevard on 10 November 2026, killing a woman of about 30. Tests found amphetamine, methamphetamine, PVP and cannabis in his body, and he held no driving licence.
Capital Police in Chișinău detained 10 people over the past week and are handling 19 drug cases after seizing PVP, hashish, marijuana and mephedrone. Patrol officers separately caught 13 people with prohibited substances and consumption devices, drawing up 26 contravention reports.
Moldovan border police at the Leușeni crossing searched a 41-year-old passenger on a minibus bound for Germany and found two bags of a plant substance suspected to be marijuana inside his trainers. He said he kept it for his own use, the substance was sent for expert examination and the case is being investigated.
