The man who is suspected of sold more than 10,000 tablets with the active substance fentanyl, 700 tablets of oxycodone1,200 ampoules of morphine and who was caught red-handed, was arrested on Thursday evening by DIICOT prosecutors, News.ro reports.

“Prosecutors of the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism – the central structure issued a decision to detain the suspect, who is being investigated for committing a crime related to the illegal circulation of narcotic drugs associated with increased danger,” DIICOT reported on Thursday evening.

On Thursday, police and DIICOT prosecutors carried out three searches in Bucharest as part of Operation Chimera in a drug-trafficking case in which a man is suspected of selling more than 10,000 pills containing the active ingredient fentanyl and about 700 oxycodone. tablets, 1,200 vials of morphine, 380 plasters containing the active ingredient fentanyl and codeine tablets.

Fentanyl and oxycodone are considered the most dangerous high-risk drugs on the market, often fatal.

According to the cited source, Oxycodone is an opioid analgesic produced by the pharmaceutical industry and used to treat severe pain, it is classified as a prescription drug and can only be dispensed in pharmacies on the basis of a medical prescription. by prescription, as it poses a high risk of addiction.

Oxycodone can be found on the pharmaceutical market under the names “Oxidolor”, “Oxycontin” or “Oxycodone”, the active substance in all these drugs is oxycodone hydrochloride, listed in the appendix to table no. II of Law 143/2000.

The man was caught red-handed with dozens of boxes of pills containing fentanyl.