42-year-old held in Sukleya with marijuana in his shorts pocket
Criminal-investigation officers of Transnistria's capital militia detained a 42-year-old Sukleya resident who carried a fold of suspected marijuana in his shorts pocket and was under the influence of drugs. He first said he found it on a walk, then that he picked the plant in a nearby field, and an examination will decide whether he faces up to three years in prison or an administrative penalty.
Criminal-investigation officers of the capital’s militia detained a 42-year-old
local man in Sukleya, a village in the Slobodzeya district, during an operations
search.[1]A search of his shorts pocket found and seized a polythene bag
holding a fold of newspaper.[2]Inside was a green, dry, chopped plant mass
believed to be marijuana.[2]He gave contradictory accounts: first that he had
found the fold while walking around the village, later that he had picked the
plant himself in a field nearby.[1]At the time of his detention he was in a
state of drug intoxication and admitted that he had used marijuana.[1]
The seized material was sent for chemical and biological examination.[2]Depending on the weight established, the Sukleya resident could face up to three
years in prison, a fine of up to 6,300 roublesstrian roubles or administrative
arrest of up to 30 days.[2]For using drugs he will face administrative
liability under article 6.13 of the Transnistrian Administrative Offences Code,
which provides a fine of up to 3,150 roubles or administrative arrest of up to
15 days.[2]A pre-investigation check into the case is under way.[2]
The Interior Ministry press centre added that detecting and suppressing
drug-trafficking offences remains one of the priorities of the internal affairs
bodies.[1]
Case data
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Criminal-investigation officers in Tiraspol detained a 20-year-old man suspected of unlawfully storing drugs after finding a ziplock packet with a brown mass resembling hashish in his jeans pocket. The substance was sent for chemical-biological examination during a pre-investigation check, with up to three years' imprisonment cited as possible criminal liability.
Police in central Bender detained a 19-year-old local resident carrying about 10 grams of plant material thought to be hashish, and found three more packets of about 10 grams each at his home. The seized material was sent for biological examination, and if confirmed as a drug he could face a fine of up to 21,000 Transnistrian roubles or up to three years in prison.
Police detained a 19-year-old Bender resident in Kitskany forest after finding hashish on him, which officers seized. He faces a fine of up to 6,300 Transnistrian roubles or up to 30 days of administrative arrest, with an administrative case under consideration.
Transnistrian police detained three couriers from Moldova — two men and a woman — who rented a flat in Tiraspol and placed about 500 drug stash drops around the republic. The Interior Ministry named hashish alongside mephedrone and alpha-PVP among the drugs they sold; selling carries up to 20 years.