During the Transnistria War, Lieutenant-Colonel Anton Gămurari commanded a special-purpose police brigade that fought with Transnistrian paramilitary groups. On December 13, 1991, a Transnistrian attack on the Dubasari Police Station took place, and as a result, the special purpose police brigade spent the night in Dubasari at the hydroelectric plant and a fight ensued, which resulted in four Moldovan police officers being killed. Negotiations followed, after which the Transnistrian forces withdrew. In March 1992, the situation became tenser, and the Special Brigade crossed the Dniester on the ice at Dubasari and provided assistance to the Dubasari Police Station and the population of the villages of Cocieri and Corjova. Anton Gămurari was promoted by the President Mircea Snegur to the rank of major general of police.