Moldovan police seize 7 kg of cannabis in Cahul and Cantemir raids
In November 2025 Moldova's southern investigations directorate searched four homes in Cahul and Cantemir districts, finding about seven kilograms of hydroponic cannabis and dried hemp that police valued at more than two million lei on the black market.
🇲🇩 Cahul and Cantemir districts · Moldova
- Cannabis
- 7 kg
Officers from the Interior Ministry’s southern investigations directorate spent
November 2025 documenting several people suspected of growing, holding and selling
drugs in Cahul and Cantemir districts.[1][2] On 28 November they searched the
homes of four people aged 39 to 53.[1][2]
Inside they found hydroponic drugs and dried hemp plants.[1][2] Police put the
finished plant material at about seven kilograms and said it could have fetched more
than two million lei on the black market.[1][2] The drugs were sent for expert
analysis while investigators looked for other people involved.[2] Moldovan law
allows three to seven years in prison for such offences if a court convicts.[1]
Sources
- Cânepă în valoare de peste 2 milioane de lei, crescută la Cantemir și Cahul. Polițiștii au descins cu percheziții acasă la patru persoane - VIDEO. PRO TV Chișinău, 28 November 2025. In Romanian. Archived copy.
- Rețea de droguri destructurată în sudul țării: Poliția a ridicat 7 kg de substanțe interzise, cu o valoare de peste 2 milioane de lei. Stiridesud.info, 28 November 2025. In Romanian. Archived copy.
Open questions the AI reported
- The four suspects were aged 39 to 53; none were named and the outlets did not report arrests or charges on the search day.
- The two-million-lei figure is a preliminary black-market estimate from police, not a court valuation.
- Stiridesud also mentions consumption among the alleged offences; PRO TV's shorter report focuses on growing and selling.
