A record seizure of 230,000 Ecstasy pills was made yesterday in Argeș county by anti-organized crime prosecutors with the help of two canine teams of the Romanian Customs Authority, specialized for the detection of drugs, cigarettes and money, formed by Cristian Mitea / Tano dog and Adriana Ciobîcă / Kaya dog. The total value of the drugs mounted to EUR 4 million.
“During the specialist control, the service dog Kaya reacted by active marking signaling the presence of drugs inside a semi-trailer, located in a central position in the parking space. After the canine control, a thorough check of the area indicated by the dog Kaya was carried out, where several packages/plastic bags containing the amount of 105.8 kg of ecstasy tablets were found. We specify that the said dog is still in the process of training/preparation at the AVR Canine Team Training Center,” says a press release by the Romanian Customs Authority.
Durinh September and October 2023, the men (located in a commune in Argeș county where they lived without legal forms) would have stored and possessed, with a view to selling, 231,997 ecstasy tablets (MDMA, a high-risk drug).
Following the search carried out in the case, 46 bags, approximately 2.2 kilograms each, containing a total of 231,997 ecstasy tablets were discovered and lifted from a trailer parked in the premises of a private parking lot in Argeș county.
The judicial activities were carried out together with police officers of the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime – the Anti-Drug Service. The operation benefited from the support of the Pitesti Organized Crime Brigade and the Romanian Customs Authority. Specialized support was provided by the Special Operations Directorate of the Romanian Police.
Everything took place in the case of a criminal group’s long-term operation that would have introduced into Romania, through the Port of Constanța, 186 kilograms of heroin, concealed in 16 tons of dates imported from Iran, in May 2022. The case was instrumented with the help of the authorities of Hungary, the country of destination for the goods in question.