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Eight searches were made in Ilfov and Bucharest of drug traffickers dealing for organized crime groups in the United States, the EU and New Zealand. Romanians in the group also spoke of the murder of a member of the rival group.
DIICOT prosecutors and police carried out eight searches in Ilfov County and Bucharest on Wednesday, in a case aimed at dismantling an organized criminal group specializing in cross-border high-risk drug trafficking, money laundering and instigation of aggravated murder. .
The United States authorities have sent a request for international legal assistance seeking the support of DIICOT prosecutors in the investigations.
The target group is responsible for obtaining significant quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine in the United States and other states and for distributing these drugs within the European Union and New Zealand. The group also laundered drug money.
Members of the criminal organization have obtained and distributed drugs for the benefit of several known organized crime groups operating in the United States, the European Union and New Zealand. The leaders of the criminal group, arrested in New Zealand, negotiated, through intermediaries, the purchase of quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine for the benefit of one of the groups, negotiations and transactions taking place in Romania.
During the negotiations, the Romanians demanded a quantity of drugs from the suppliers and discussed the possibility of assassinating a member of a rival group, DIICOT shows.
DIICOT prosecutors announce three flagrant arrests:
• the arrest of two New Zealand citizens, immediately after negotiating the payment of a quantity of cocaine that would be sent to New Zealand;
• the capture, in a warehouse, of a member of the group after having negotiated the possession of a quantity of cocaine, destined for Romania;
• the capture, in a place used as a meeting place for the members of the group, of their leader from Romania, with the amount of 50,000 euros, in cash and the property deeds of two buildings, representing a part of the payment of the amount of cocaine that would be had to reach Romania.
Following the searches, 12 motorcycles and two luxury cars were seized.
$ 200,000, a deadly weapon and 100 grams of cocaine were also seized.
Publisher: DC
