Joint operation involving officers from Criminal Investigation Department (Rybnitsa Department of Internal Affairs) and Department on Combating Customs Offences (Rybnitsa Customs house) has resulted in detection of drugs transported illegally to Transdniestria from the Republic of Moldova.
The suspected man, dweller of Rybnitsa, was stopped at the customs check point “Rybnitsa Most” for the purposes of customs control. He answered “no” the inspector’s question about moving prohibited goods. However in the course of personal examination in the presence of witnesses of a search two sachets with milled vegetal dark brown mass were found in the inset pocket of man’s jacket.
The detainee explained that revealed sachets contained poppy straw (raw material which may be used for production illegal drugs), and he purchased it for personal use in Floreshty region of Moldova. The expert examination of the detected substance established that it was poppy straw weighted 122,8 grams.
The criminal case was instituted on the fact of drug smuggling across the customs border of Transdniestria.
