A 47-year-old man from Dorohoi was held for 24 hours after police found he drove under the influence of alcohol. On 10 October 2026, officers from Secția de Poliție Rurală nr. 6 Pomârlă issued an arrest order for 24 hours for suspected drunk driving, after the man allegedly drove a passenger car in the locality of Ibănești while under the influence of alcohol. The case turned on an alcohol test. The etilometrul (breath alcohol test) showed 1.07 mg/l of pure alcohol in his exhaled air. The man was taken into custody and placed in the Centrul de Reținere și Arestare Preventivă Botoșani. On 11 October 2026, police from Poliția Municipiului Dorohoi also stopped for control a car in Dorohoi driven by a 43-year-old local man, who was tested because he allegedly emitted a strong smell of alcohol. In separate developments the same day, Botoșani police issued an order for 24 hours of detention for a 36-year-old man suspected of violating an order of protection. As of the latest information, the 47-year-old is in preventive detention after being held for 24 hours under the arrest order issued by rural police.