Law-enforcement officers dismantled a network specialising in cultivating, processing and selling marijuana allegedly run by two men from Comrat.[1] The two suspects, aged 34 and 44, were detained and placed in preventive arrest for 30 days.[1] Officers of the Anti-Drug Directorate and criminal investigators documented the pair’s activity over about a month together with PCCOCS prosecutors, suspecting an illegal cultivation and distribution scheme.[1]

Investigators allege the men had set roles: one identified and vetted potential buyers and sold drugs in small amounts, while the other grew hemp plants in his household yard and harvested, processed and dried them.[1] The marijuana was then allegedly sold wholesale to intermediaries who distributed it to final consumers.[1]

In searches supported by masked Fulger special-police officers, officers seized packets of marijuana, dried and growing hemp plants, hashish, a precision scale, mobile phones and zip-lock packaging.[1] At one suspect’s household officers also found an IJ-model hunting weapon with 59 16-calibre cartridges held without papers.[1] Officers also seized sums of money in lei and euros alleged to come from the criminal activity.[1] If found guilty, the two face 15 to 17 years in prison.[1] The suspects remain presumed innocent until a final court judgment.[1]