Customs officials have discovered a record amount of 436 kg of heroin hidden in machines transported by sea to Burgas. This is the largest amount of heroin seized so far in Burgas. The heroin was found on August 9 during an inspection of a..
Nearly 403 kg of heroin worth more than 16.7 million BGN ( EUR 8.5 million) was seized at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint. This has been the largest amount of heroin seized at the border crossing for the last five years, caretaker Minister of..
Bulgarian Police detained three people and seized 9 kilograms of heroin near Haskovo. The car with the three detainees was speeding and was intercepted by a patrol. The policemen on duty tried to stop the vehicle, but the driver refused to pull..
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..
In the village of Konyavo, Western Bulgaria, during an operation of Bulgaria's organized crime police and the police in Kyustendil, 16 kg of heroin have been found. Two people were detained, one of them with Macedonian documents and the other a Bulgarian..
The General Directorate Combating Organized Crime and Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office have seized a large quantity of heroin, this country’s Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev announced on Twitter. Geshev placed the Bulgarian and the U.S...
Nearly 400 kilograms of heroin were seized in an operation of the District Prosecutor’s Office- Varna, the Chief Directorate Combatting Organized Crime and this country’s Customs Agency, Bulgaria’s Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev announced on Twitter,..
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..
Two people have been detained for heroin trafficking in a specialized police operation. One of the detainees is a foreign national permanently residing in Bulgaria. Two other persons have been declared internationally wanted. In the course of the..
