Security and Intelligence Service jointly with Ciocana Police Inspectorate of the Police Directorate of Chişinău municipality have countered an attempt to illegally withdraw and transship a batch of pharmaceutical items.
Therefore, as result of intelligence held by SIS officers, on April 8 this year, a Honda CRV crossover with foreign registration plate was stopped. The driver was a 28 years-old citizen of the Republic of Moldova. In the trunk of the car officers found 10 thousand surgical masks, for which the driver did not possess any document. The masks were packed in 4 plastic bags, prepared to be illegally shipped over the Prut River, in Romania.
During special investigative measures, officers established that the batch of masks was purchased at a price of 3.5 Moldovan lei per piece and was intended to be sold wholesale for profit.
We remind that, according to the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Moldova no. 168 of 11.03.2020 "Regarding prohibition of export of certain products", export from the Republic of Moldova of the following products - medical masks, medical gloves, biocidal products (medical disinfectants) - is prohibited until April 15, 2020.
In this context, Security and Intelligence Service calls for compliance with the legislation in force and all the recommendations regarding the state of emergency.
09.04.2020
