Police detained a 41-year-old woman from Bender in Tiraspol on suspicion of drug trafficking.[1] Investigators say she distributed so-called zakladki, drug packages left in hiding places that customers collect.[1] The Interior Ministry press centre announced the case as a large consignment of drugs found by a woman who allegedly used her child as cover.[2]
Plain-clothes officers stopped her on Yunosti Street in Tiraspol on 2 July 2026.[1] A personal search in front of witnesses found a master stash, a bulk package of packages for distribution, holding 200 wraps of a drug substance.[1] One hundred wraps were bound in red tape and 100 in yellow tape, and the police said the wraps differed in weight.[1] The Interior Ministry press centre confirmed the detention and published its video of the case.[2]
Experts found the wraps contained hashish, which the police classified as an especially large quantity.[1] Investigators believe that from May to June she worked as a courier for two online shops selling drugs.[1] Police said she had been prosecuted for drug offences before and that her husband is serving a sentence for a similar crime.[1] Operatives say she repeatedly went to the hiding places with her underage son, one of her two children, to avoid attracting the attention of police and passers-by.[1]
A criminal case has been opened against her for the sale of drugs in an especially large amount, which carries up to 20 years in prison.[1]