On 10 November 2026, prosecutors of DIICOT’s Cluj Territorial Service, Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism, ordered the detention of two defendants investigated for risk-drug trafficking.[1][2] The two detained men are aged 25 and 30.[1][3] Officers of the Cluj-Napoca Organised Crime Brigade documented the suspects’ alleged criminal activity together with DIICOT Cluj prosecutors.[4][5]

Evidence gathered in the investigation indicated that during 2024 the 25-year-old defendant repeatedly procured, held and sold cannabis for 18,000 lei per kilogram.[1][2][5] On 8 November 2026, he allegedly sold about one kilogram of cannabis via the 30-year-old co-defendant using the dead-drop method.[4][2][5] In a dead-drop transaction, drugs are left at an agreed location so that seller and buyer do not meet directly.[6] The 30-year-old man was subsequently caught in the act while picking up 4,100 euros, the payment for the traded cannabis.[4][2][5]

On Tuesday, 10 November, prosecutors petitioned the rights-and-freedoms judge at the Cluj Tribunal to place both defendants in preventive arrest for 30 days.[3][2][5] At the time of the official announcement, the court had not yet ruled on the preventive-arrest request and the two men remained in prosecutorial detention, which under Romanian law may not exceed 24 hours.[6] Under Romanian law, cannabis is classified as a risk drug, and trafficking in risk drugs carries a prison sentence of two to seven years.[7] Forensic specialists and officers of the Special Actions Service within the Cluj County Police Inspectorate, together with officers of the Cluj-Napoca Regional Transport Police Section, supported the operation.[4][5] Both suspects retain all procedural rights and the presumption of innocence throughout the criminal proceedings.[4][5]