Four men, two of whom dentists, were arrested by the police on drug trafficking charges. According to the police, the men were caught in the act of selling amphetamine. These had about 1 kg of such a drug on them and asked 300 lei per 10 grams, IPN reports.

Adrian Jovmir, press officer of the Chisinau Police Division, told a news conference that the suspects aged between 31 and 53 are from Chisinau. One of the suspects, who is a dentist and runs a dentist’s clinic in Chisinau, distributed drugs in Chisinau and also took drugs.

The man who is suspected of being the group’s leader is 53. It was established that this secured the smuggling of narcotics in liquid form from Belgium. He then transformed the liquid narcotics into amphetamine.

The money earned from selling illegal drugs was kept in a bank in Chisinau municipality. In a safe deposit box, the police found US$4,000, €1,000 and 10,000 lei.

The four are investigated under arrest. They face 7 to 10 years in jail for drug distribution and smuggling.