Three people have been detained in Sofia during an operation by the General Directorate Combating Organized Crime against drug trafficking. A large quantity of drugs was seized, said caretaker Minister of Interior Kalin Stoyanov. The confiscated..
Several countries are involved in the case of more than 50kg of cocaine seized from a car with diplomatic plates at the Bulgarian-Turkish border, according to Stefan Bakalov, head of the Customs Agency's anti-narcotics department. Yesterday, customs..
Measures addressing crime were mapped out at a meeting of representatives of the Interior Ministry and the security services, convened by Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov over the increasing number of serious crimes in the country. Bulgarian..
A large-scale police operation against drug distribution is being conducted throughout the country under the leadership of the prosecutor's office. 62 persons have been detained for crimes related to the production, distribution and trafficking..
A national inter-agency coordination mechanism to combat drug trafficking will be operational within days. The reason for the establishment of the new body "is the circulation of a new synthetic drug, about a hundred times more active than heroin,..
Two Bulgarian citizens were arrested in France after 578 kg of cocaine, worth about 40 million euros, was found in their truck, AFP reported. The drug was found in 501 packages, stacked among the legal cargo of ceramic tiles. The..
A 38-year-old man of both French and Turkish citizenship was detained at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint while crossing from Turkey into Bulgaria on 15 August 2022. 104,940 kilograms of heroin and some hashish worth a total of 4.829 million euros were..
The Bulgarian border authorities detained a 56-year old Greek citizen after discovering 1 kilogram of heroin stashed between the seats of his car. Georgi Madolev, spokesperson for the district prosecutor’s office, Blagoevgrad, confirmed for..
An international criminal group for heroin trafficking has been busted in Bulgaria. This is the first case of a trafficking channel which was involved in transporting heroin directly to the United States, announced the director of the General..
The head of Narcotics Department at the General Directorate Combating Organized Crime and two other people from the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior have been detained, this country’s Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev announced at an..
