The first cocaine secondary extraction laboratory was discovered in Romania, and it was closed by the Romanian Police under the coordination of DIICOT prosecutors, who have been monitoring the location since June, when the activity was initiated in a cottage in Bihor county.
The Romanian Police say that 5 people were involved in the activity of this laboratory, in which cocaine worth 200.000 euros was found during the search, being two Romanians, an Israeli and two Colombians, and below you have the complete explanations.
How the first cocaine extraction laboratory in Romania worked
They surrounded the cabin, approached carefully, instructed them to sit on the ground... this is how those trying to use the first secondary cocaine extraction laboratory in Romania were detained.
The intervention lasted a few minutes, but the entire activity of the traffickers has been monitored since the beginning of June, when they thought it would be good to make a cocaine extraction laboratory.
At first, there were 3 people (two Romanians and an Israeli citizen), then they also found two Colombians, probably with some experience, and went to work.
The Colombians had the role of carriers, but also of chemists specialized in extracting cocaine from apparently legal products.
The method used was an ingenious one: the cocaine was brought into the country by air, in coffee, to be extracted, with special devices and substances, in a secluded cottage in Bihor county, which they had rented for this purpose.
On July 1, 2022, the group would have introduced almost 6 kilograms of cocaine into the country.
Everything was monitored, and when there was no doubt about criminal activity, "our friends" were visited by special police forces.
We thank all colleagues, officers of the Special Operations Directorate of the Romanian Police, anti-drug officers of the DCCO - Anti-Drug Service, specialists from the Oradea and Cluj-Napoca Organized Crime Brigades, fighters of the Service for Interventions and Special Actions, gendarmes from the Inspectorate of Bihor County gendarmes and firefighters from the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, involved in solving this case.
