Police officers are conducting 131 searches on Monday morning in Bucharest and six counties, targeting a group that illegally sold weapons to clans or individuals known for violent behavior.
Gheorghe Mustaţă, the leader of the FCSB supporters’ group, and the rapper Andrei Mihalache (MGK 666), as well as members of several criminal clans, are targeted by the searches conducted by DIICOT Ploieşti and police officers within the „Ghost Guns” Operation, judicial sources informed Agerpres.
According to the sources, the investigation targets members of the Giuleştenii clans – led by Costel known as Tincă, the Gemenii, the Sportivii – Gheorghe Mustaţă and Robert Nica, the Ştoacă, Litraşu, Sadoveanu, Argintaru, and Austrianu clans.
Additionally, the rapper Andrei Mihalache (MGK 666) and Tzancă Uraganu’s father-in-law are also targeted, as indicated by the sources.
The group, led by a Turkish citizen, smuggled weapons hidden in cargo transport units or in car components. 60 individuals will be taken in for questioning.
According to IGPR, the searches are taking place in Bucharest and the counties of Prahova, Dâmboviţa, Giurgiu, Ialomiţa, Ilfov, and Teleorman, in a criminal case related to the offenses of forming an organized criminal group, illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, qualified smuggling, high-risk drug trafficking, and very high-risk drug trafficking.
The searches are being carried out by the police officers of the Directorate for Arms, Explosives, and Dangerous Substances within the Romanian General Police Inspectorate, together with the prosecutors from the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism - Ploieşti Territorial Service.
Over 60 warrants are being executed as part of the operation, with the questioning sessions scheduled to take place at the headquarters of DIICOT - Ploieşti Territorial Service.
From the conducted investigations, it emerged that in September 2023, a foreign citizen of Turkish origin initiated and established, together with several Romanians, an organized crime group specialized in procuring and selling firearms (lethal), without identification markings and individualizing elements, assembled using components from various manufacturers in Turkey.
These types of firearms, known as "Ghost Guns," are intended for criminal environments, considering that they cannot be legally possessed in any European state.
The weapons were introduced into Romania, hidden in cargo vehicles or in car components, and were subsequently sold by various intermediaries to members of criminal groups or individuals known for violent behavior.
Since the start of the investigations until the end of October 2024, 47 such lethal weapons have been removed from the illegal circulation.