Moldovan police arrests Christmas tree

The Christmas tree, which the Chisinau mayor ordered to be set on the Great National Assembly Square in the capital, has been arrested by Moldovan police. The incident occurred this morning. The driver carrying the fir tree was halted by police officers in Cojusna, the locality where the tree was bought from a private company, Info-Prim Neo reports. The City Hall issued a release reading that the police asked the driver to present the acquisition contract and more related documents. The driver was held up for over an hour, since he did not have the ecological endorsement paper. Officials from the Green Spaces Municipal Company say no ecological endorsement was needed, the communique reads. Later the police instructed the driver to go to Straseni town and stated the fir tree was arrested, the communique informs. The Chisinau City Hall announced Tuesday it would set the Christmas Tree on the central square at 10.00 a.m. It also announced the way by which the truck would have brought the tree. Last year, the Christmas tree placed on the central square as ordered by the mayor on December 9 disappeared at night. Several hours later it was placed near the Triumph Arch and then it was placed in front of the City Hall.