Three Moldovan stash couriers held in Transnistria with about 500 drops
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.
Transnistrian law enforcement detained three drug couriers from Moldova — two
men and a woman — who rented a flat in Tiraspol.[1]The Interior Ministry
press centre said the group sold mephedrone, hashish and alpha-PVP across the
republic.[1]The woman, 36, arrived first and spent about a month laying out
drugs in Dnestrovsk.[1]Her 22-year-old boyfriend distributed for two weeks in
Tiraspol, Bender, Slobodzeya district, Grigoriopol and Rybnitsa.[1]
The third courier, a 24-year-old man, had been selling for only five days.[1]He was the first of the three the Transnistrian authorities detained.[1]Officers found a photograph album of stash sites and their coordinates on his
phone.[1]Over their stay the three laid out about 500 stash drops.[1]They
supported themselves in Chișinău this way.[1]A Transnistrian television
report describes the 22-year-old’s territory as running from Slobodzeya to
Rybnitsa.[2]
Selling drugs carries up to 20 years in prison, the ministry said.[1]
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The opened accounts give only the publication date, 21 July 2026; the text does not state the date on which the first two couriers were detained, or when the third was picked up.
No weight was published for any of the hashish, mephedrone or alpha-PVP in the case, so no cannabis weight can be recorded; the 500 stash drops are a count, not a weight.
No charges, court stage or sentence were reported; the 20 years is the penalty the sale charge could carry, not a penalty imposed.
The three are not named; the accounts give only their ages of 36, 22 and 24 and that they came from Moldova and lived in Chișinău.
A Transnistrian television outlet's headline mentions heroin although its text names only mephedrone, hashish and alpha-PVP, and no heroin seizure is described.
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.
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.