7.8 kg cannabis from Spain parcel seized in Motru; man detained
Gorj organised-crime police and DIICOT prosecutors caught a 32-year-old man in Motru as he took possession of a parcel from Spain holding about 7.8 kg of cannabis hidden among food. The man was detained on 4 November 2026, while prosecutors sought preventive arrest for him and, in absentia, for a 34-year-old relative in Spain accused of sending the drugs.
Officers of the Gorj organised-crime police and prosecutors of the DIICOT Gorj territorial office ran the
operation that intercepted the parcel.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]A 32-year-old man was caught in the act in Motru
on 4 November 2026 as he was about to take possession of a parcel sent from abroad.[1][2][3][4][5][8]DIICOT prosecutors ordered him detained the same day, in a case about bringing risk drugs into the
country and selling them.[1][3][4][5]
Inside the parcel officers found about 7.8 kilograms of cannabis, which prosecutors said was meant for
sale.[1][2][3][4][5][6][9]It was divided into eight vacuum-sealed bags hidden among sweets, juices, canned
food, oil bottles and cold cuts[1][2][3][4][5][9][8], so that the parcel would look like an ordinary food
consignment.[1]
Investigators found that the cannabis had allegedly been bought and sent by a 34-year-old man living in
Spain[1][2][3][4][5][6][9][10], a relative of the man caught in Motru.[1][3][4][8]On 5 November prosecutors
asked a Gorj Tribunal judge to place the detained man in preventive arrest and to order preventive
arrest in absentia for the man in Spain.[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]The judge ordered both held in preventive
arrest for 30 days, the 34-year-old in absentia, the county police said.[11][12][6][9][13]The investigation
continues, and both men are presumed innocent until a final judgment.[1]
Photos and video
Video published with the GorjOnline report on the 7.8 kg cannabis parcel taken over in Motru. Source: GorjOnlinePolice photo published with the IPJ Gorj statement on the 7.8 kg cannabis parcel taken over in Motru. Photo: IPJ GorjPhoto details
Video posted with the report on the preventive arrest of the man caught with the cannabis parcel in Motru. Source: Gorj Express
Video embedded in the Radio Târgu Jiu report on the 7.8 kg cannabis parcel taken over in Motru; the page gives no credit for it. Source: Radio Târgu JiuPhoto published with the Jurnalul Olteniei report on the 7.8 kg cannabis parcel taken over in Motru, showing cannabis buds in two open metal tins among packing material; the page gives no credit.Photo details
international trafficking in risk drugs; risk-drug trafficking
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Gorj County
Route
Spain → Romania
Sources
Jurnalul de Argeșjurnaluldearges.roROColet-surpriză din Spania, interceptat în Gorj. Aproape 8 kilograme de canabis, ascunse printre dulciuri și alimente
GAZETA de SUDgds.roRO(VIDEO) Aproape 8 kilograme de canabis, descoperite într-un colet la Motru. Un bărbat, reținut
Goldringgoldring.roROOperatiune DIICOT și IPJ Gorj: Cannabis trimis din Spania, bărbat reținut în.flagrant
GorjOnlinegorjonline.roROVIDEO: Captură de 7,8 kilograme de canabis la Motru! Un bărbat a fost prins când ridica drogurile ascunse într-un colet cu alimente
AGERPRESagerpres.roROGorj: Bărbat depistat în timp ce prelua un colet cu aproape 8 kilograme de canabis; drogurile - trimise din Spania
Radio Târgu Jiuradiotargujiu.roROVIDEO: Colet cu 7,8 kilograme de canabis, ridicat de un gorjean din Motru. Drogurile erau ascunse printre alimente
Gazeta de dimineatagddhd.roROAproape 8 kilograme de canabis, ascunse printre alimente într-un colet trimis din Spania. Un bărbat, prins la Motru
GorjOnlinegorjonline.roROGorjeanul prins cu un colet de aproape 8 kilograme de canabis, arestat preventiv
Gorj Expressgorjexpress.roRODestinatarul canabisului la pachet, 30 de zile după gratii! Expeditorul din Spania, arestat în lipsă
TV SUDtvsud.roRODestinatarul coletului cu canabis, cutia de aproape opt kilograme fiind ridicată de la Motru, după gratii pentru 30 de zile
Open questions the AI reported
Only one accessible account of this event could be opened; the DIICOT and IPJ Gorj statements were not reachable and searches found no second outlet reporting it.
No court decision on the two preventive-arrest requests had been reported when the article was published.
The 7.8 kg figure is stated as approximate.
Neither suspect is named in the report.
No street value for the cannabis was published.
The preventive-arrest ruling is known from two local outlets quoting the county police; no full Agerpres article or DIICOT statement on the court decision could be opened.
No charges, indictment or trial date in the case have been reported.
No figure for the street value of the 7.8 kg was published.
The page gives no weight, plant count, area or street value for the cannabis found in Țânțăreni.
The page carries no photo of the Motru seizure or the Țânțăreni grow; its images are YouTube stills of other TVR Craiova bulletins.
The Radio Târgu Jiu account gives no street value for the 7.8 kg and no court date, so nothing is added on those points.
The page's lead image is a screenshot still and the page carries no photo established to show this parcel or the arrest; its only video is an unattributed WhatsApp clip embedded below the text.
The Jurnalul Olteniei page gives no date for the arrest itself; 6 November 2026 is its publication date, and the report keeps 4 November from the larger Gorj coverage.
The page reports the preventive-arrest request to the Gorj Tribunal but not the court's decision.
The page does not identify the two men or give a street value for the 7.8 kg.
The page's still photo carries no credit and only a caption placeholder, so it is not established to show this parcel; its embedded video shows the cannabis but has no stated source.
The Gazeta de dimineata and Sabotorii pages give no court decision on the preventive-arrest requests; only the county police statement and later local coverage addressed the ruling.
Neither newly opened page reports a street value, the exact type or purity of the cannabis, or any charge sheet.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in AGERPRES: A 32-year-old man was caught in the act in Motru on 4 November 2026 as he was about to take possession of a parcel sent from abroad.
The page attributes the account to the DIICOT Gorj prosecutors and the Gorj organised-crime police, but gives no date for the judge's ruling beyond 'yesterday', i.e. 5 November 2026.
The page does not name the two men, state where in Motru the parcel was taken over, or give a street value for the 7.8 kg.
DIICOT prosecutors in Cluj detained two men aged 25 and 30 on 10 November 2026 over alleged risk-drug trafficking after an 8 November dead-drop sale of about one kilogram of cannabis. Investigators caught the 30-year-old in the act collecting 4,100 euros in payment and asked a Cluj Tribunal judge to place both men in 30 days' preventive arrest.
DIICOT prosecutors in Mehedinti detained two men aged 20 and 40 accused of selling cocaine and cannabis in Drobeta-Turnu Severin. Officers seized about 100 grams of cannabis carried for sale and asked a court to hold both men for 30 days.
Police in Baia Mare caught a 46-year-old collecting a courier parcel carrying more than 5 kilograms of cannabis sent from Spain, then found a 35-year-old who had allegedly received about 3 kilograms of it. DIICOT prosecutors detained both men on 5 November 2026 and the Maramureș Tribunal ordered them held in preventive arrest for 30 days.
DIICOT prosecutors in Dâmbovița detained two men, aged 28 and 48, caught in Târgoviște on 3 November 2026 just after collecting parcels carrying more than 2 kg and more than 3 kg of cannabis sent from Spain by international courier. A judge at the Dâmbovița Tribunal ordered both held in preventive arrest for 30 days.
