Police in Tsarevo municipality seized marijuana, hunting cartridges and firewood without papers in a special operation. They detained a German citizen, a drunk driver and a woman.
The checks targeted drugs, illegal timber, petty crime and crimes against citizens' political rights. Police have opened pre-trial proceedings and case files in all the cases.
In Brodilovo, officers detained a German citizen who lives in Bulgaria permanently. A search of his home turned up about 1 kg of dried plant material that tested positive for marijuana, and 36 hunting cartridges of two calibres.
In Tsarevo, officers stopped a 23-year-old woman carrying about 2 grams of marijuana.
On the Burgas–Tsarevo road, police checked a 43-year-old driver from Ahtopol. A breathalyser showed 1.45 per mille of alcohol. He was held for up to 24 hours, and fast-track proceedings were started against him.
In Sinemorets, police found illegal timber in two cases. In the yards of a 57-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man, they found a total of 9 cubic metres of firewood with no papers and no forest marking. Early information suggests the wood was cut in wooded areas near the village.