Satu Mare court gives two months over 8.7 g of cannabis, lifting a suspended theft term
The Satu Mare Tribunal sentenced a young man at first instance on 16 October 2026 to two months in prison for possessing 8.7 grams of cannabis for his own use, found in a car stopped by police in March 2024. Because the offence was concurrent with a suspended theft term made final in July 2026, the court revoked that suspension and set a combined 18-month term, suspended again for two years.
The Satu Mare Tribunal convicted a young man at first instance on 16 October
2026 and sentenced him to two months in prison for possessing risk drugs for his
own consumption.[1]
Road police stopped a car carrying three people in the municipality of Satu Mare
in the night of 6 to 7 March 2024.[1]Officers found 8.7 grams of cannabis in
the car, later confirmed by the laboratory, and a grinding device with traces of
THC.[1]The passenger on the back seat, the accused, acknowledged that the
drugs were his and said he had bought them for his own use.[1]Police stopped
a Porsche Cayenne on Cloșca Boulevard in Satu Mare and found 8.7 grams of
cannabis in the car.[2]The man told investigators he had bought 10 grams of
cannabis for 500 lei from a person living in Satu Mare and had already used
about a gram before the stop.[3]
The DIICOT territorial office in Satu Mare investigated the case and sent it to
court in May 2026.[1]The young man pleaded guilty in full and asked for the
simplified procedure, in which the accused admits the facts in the indictment
and the sentencing limits are cut by a third.[1]He had already received a
suspended sentence of one year and six months under supervision, for aggravated
theft, by a Satu Mare court judgment that became final on 8 July 2026.[1]The
drug offence was committed before that judgment became final, so the court
treated the two offences as concurrent and revoked the suspension.[1]
The court added a one-third increase, 20 days, to the longer sentence, producing
a combined term of one year, six months and 20 days in prison.[1]The court
then suspended execution of the combined term under supervision for two years.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
DNews24.rodnews24.roROTribunalul Satu Mare: condamnare în primă instanță pentru deținere de cannabis, iar suspendarea unei pedepse anterioare a fost anulată pentru concurs de infracțiuni
PresaSMpresasm.roROȘofer prins cu cannabis într-un Porsche, pe B-dul Cloșca din municipiul Satu Mare
PresaSMpresasm.roROPrins cu droguri într-un Porsche, pe străzile din Satu Mare. Individul este un tânăr, de profesie cofetar
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The report gives the judgment date, 16 October 2026, as the incident date for the sentence; the drug offence itself dates from the night of 6 to 7 March 2024.
Neither account names the convicted man or gives his age, and no custody measure between March 2024 and the 2026 trial is reported.
The accounts do not say whether the first-instance sentence was appealed, so the case stage may change.
PresaSM says the stop was on Cloșca Boulevard and describes a Porsche Cayenne; DNews24.ro says only that a car was stopped in the municipality of Satu Mare.
PresaSM says he bought 10 grams for 500 lei and had used about a gram; the seized amount confirmed by the laboratory was 8.7 grams.
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