10 detained in Chisinau weekly drug sweep; hashish, marijuana seized
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.
🇲🇩 Chișinău, Moldova
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Arrested
10
Agencies
Poliția Capitalei, Batalionul de Patrulare și Reacționare Operativă
Capital Police in Chișinău detained 10 people in the past week during actions
against drug consumption and trafficking.[1]Separately, officers of the
Patrol and Rapid Reaction Battalion (BPRO) caught in the act 13 people
possessing prohibited substances and consumption devices.[1]
In the operations officers seized several types of narcotics, including PVP
(salt), hashish, marijuana and mephedrone.[1]Police have 19 criminal cases
concerning drug offences under management.[1]Officers drew up 27 reports and
carried out 26 prevention activities.[1]In the BPRO cases officers drew up
another 26 contravention reports.[1]
Case data
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Arrested
10
Agencies
Poliția Capitalei; Batalionul de Patrulare și Reacționare Operativă
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis; Hashish
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Chișinău
Date
Publication date
Sources
Stiri.mdstiri.mdRO13 persoane, prinse în flagrant cu droguri și dispozitive pentru consum
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No separate weight, quantity or value was published for the hashish or marijuana, so no cannabis kilograms are recorded.
The article gives no separate date for the actions; 9 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date, while the actions are described as occurring in the preceding week.
No names, charges or court outcomes were reported; the case is at the investigation stage with 19 criminal cases under management.
Ten people are described as detained and counted as arrested; 13 additional people caught by BPRO are described only as detected with contravention reports and are not counted as arrested.
The detention, case and report totals cover all drugs including PVP and mephedrone, not cannabis alone.
Only one accessible source for this weekly sweep was found; the police weekly statement itself was not opened separately.
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.
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.
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.
