Prahova Police is conducting an operational action with 17 searches, targeting two commercial companies suspected of illegal waste management.

The police officers of the Prahova County Police Inspectorate, coordinated by the case prosecutor from the Prosecutor's Office next to the Ploiești Court, are carrying out a large operational action this morning, executing 17 search warrants in Prahova County. The action targets the workplaces of two commercial companies, as well as the homes of individuals suspected of criminal activities related to the management of hazardous and non-hazardous waste.

The investigations focus on crimes such as failure to take or comply with waste management measures, as well as abandonment or concealment of waste, acts provided for by current legislation. It is suspected that the two companies have discharged waste into the bed of a river in Ploiești between October 2025 and the present. As part of the action, seven individuals will be interviewed at the IPJ Prahova headquarters, and the action is supported by the Prahova Mobile Gendarmerie Group.