Police find a tonne of cannabis drying in a Timis warehouse
Timis police and DIICOT prosecutors found a tonne of cannabis buds drying in a warehouse near Nitchidorf on 10 October 2017 after long surveillance that included undercover buys. Three members of the network, led by a German citizen of Romanian origin caught with six kilograms in a staged purchase, were taken in for questioning.
Police officers from Timis county and prosecutors of the anti-organised-crime directorate DIICOT found a tonne of cannabis buds drying in a warehouse hall near the village of Nitchidorf on 10 October 2017.[1][2]The crop belonged to a German citizen of Romanian origin who led a drug-trafficking network that investigators had watched for a long time.[1][2]
The organised-crime police of Timis ran the operation together with the DIICOT prosecutors.[1]Officers made several successive cannabis purchases from the network using undercover officers before moving in.[1][2]On Tuesday they staged another purchase and caught the German citizen with six kilograms of drugs on him.[1][2]
Together with two other members of the network, he had kept the tonne of cannabis buds to dry in the hall near Nitchidorf, as well as many cannabis plants.[1]The six kilograms from the staged purchase were reported separately from the tonne in the warehouse.[1][2]The three men were taken to the DIICOT headquarters in Timisoara for questioning.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
1 t
Agencies
DIICOT; Timiș County Police
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (1 t)
Activity
Trafficking, Cultivation
Setting
Other building
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Timiș County
Sources
News.ronews.roROTimiș: Polițiștii au descoperit o tonă de cannabis, pus la uscat într-o hală
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