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 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.