Four young people, students in Chisinau and originally from southern Moldova, were detained in a drug-trafficking case after allegedly selling marijuana to fellow students and close acquaintances.[1][2][3][4] The suspects were three young men and one young woman aged 19 to 22.[5][3][4] The four suspects were placed in preventive arrest for 30 days.[1][3][6]

Police say officers of the Anti-Drug Directorate and criminal investigators of the National Investigation Inspectorate documented the group’s activity over two months, together with PCCOCS prosecutors.[1][4] Investigators allege the youths bought the drugs wholesale in their home locality and then distributed them individually to a restricted circle of users.[1][2][3] Two suspects, a 19-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, were detained in Comrat while allegedly trying to sell drugs.[1][2][3][4] Body searches of the two found packets containing marijuana.[1][3] At a third suspect’s home in Comrat officers seized mobile phones allegedly used in the criminal activity, a high-precision scale and marijuana.[1][3] A fourth suspect, described as the group’s alleged supplier, was detained in a garage, where officers seized marijuana, small scales, adhesive tape and zip-lock packets.[1][3] The operation was carried out with the support of masked officers of the Fulger special-purpose police brigade.[1][3]

At the prosecutor’s request, a court issued 30-day preventive-arrest warrants for all four suspects.[5][2] If found guilty, they face prison sentences of 15 to 17 years.[1][2][3][4] Noi.md confirms officers documented the criminal activity of the three young men and one young woman over two months.[7]