101 outdoor cannabis plants seized on the Mureș at Lipova, two held
On 14 August 2026 DIICOT and organized-crime police caught two men tending an outdoor cannabis plot in extravilan Lipova on the Mureș, seizing 101 plants weighing about 65 kg of green material; both were detained and a judge later ordered 30 days' preventive arrest.
🇷🇴 Lipova, Arad County (Mureș riverbank) · Romania
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Arrested
2
Plants destroyed
101
Cannabis
65 kg
Organized-crime police in Arad and DIICOT prosecutors documented two men suspected of risk-drug
trafficking after catching them on the morning of 14 August 2026 in an outdoor cannabis plot in
extravilan Lipova, on the Mureș riverbank.[1][2]
Investigators said the pair had set up the plantation in 2026 for sale; officers found 101
cannabis plants in various stages of growth, totalling about 65 kilograms of green plant mass,
hidden among vegetables and netting with a generator, irrigation gear and a surveillance camera
nearby.[1][2]Searches at their homes later recovered grinding and packaging equipment and
further cannabis, the communiqué said.[1]
Prosecutors ordered both men detained on 14 August and asked a judge for 30 days’ preventive
arrest; ARADON reported the Arad tribunal granted detention from 15 August 2026.[1][2]
DIICOT Cluj and organised-crime police detained two men aged 49 and 51 on 22 October 2026 after documenting an outdoor cannabis grow in Florești meant for sale. Searches seized 20 plants up to three metres tall plus packaged cannabis; a judge ordered 30-day preventive arrest for both.
DIICOT and Covasna organised-crime police searched a home in Sfântu Gheorghe on 1 October 2026 and seized 60 indoor cannabis plants and 5.4 kilograms in vacuum bags from a 62-year-old man they said had grown the crop for sale throughout 2026. Prosecutors detained him and asked a court for 30-day preventive arrest.
DIICOT prosecutors and organised-crime police carried out five searches after finding a cannabis plantation in an isolated area outside Berzovia, run by four suspects aged 19 to 53 who bought seeds from Spain. The four were taken for questioning.
Border police and DIICOT detained four men aged 29 to 43 on 8 September 2026 over an organized group that allegedly imported cannabis seeds from Czechia by courier and ran indoor grows in Singureni, Giurgiu, seizing more than 90 plants and about 42 kg of cannabis material; a judge ordered 30 days' preventive arrest.
