Three men held at Penitentiary No. 18 on June 17 escaped from the calcareous stone extraction quarry managed by the state-owned company “Branesti”, where they worked, IPN reports.

The men are aged between 25 and 38 and were serving jail terms of 5 to 8 years. According to the preliminary reports of the Department of Penitentiary Institutions, one of the men was seen travelling as a passenger in a vehicle on the Orhei-Chisinau road.

If their blame is proven, these will be additionally sentenced to up to three years in jail for escape.

Anyone with any information about the whereabouts of the detainees are asked to call on 0 (22) 40-97-87, 023576223, 067749518.