Police in the Burgas area detained three drivers over the past three days for driving after taking drugs or drinking alcohol, the Burgas regional police directorate (ODMVR) said.
Officers from the First District Police Department searched the home of a 46-year-old Burgas man at 13 Opalchenska Street in the Pobeda district at about 6am on Friday. Police announced his arrest on Monday. Inside, they found small bowls with traces of a crystal substance. A field test showed methamphetamine.
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Officers also seized a metal box labelled "Korselin", a napkin with powder, a bottle labelled "Kislol", glass flasks, bottles with various liquids, electronic scales and other items. The man is held under a police order, and pre-trial proceedings have begun.
The same day at about 9:40am, police from Sozopol stopped an Iveco Daily van with Burgas plates on the Burgas-Sozopol road, near the Petrol filling station in Primorsko. The driver, a 36-year-old man from Burgas, had driven after taking methamphetamine.
At 10:15pm, officers from the Fifth District Police Department stopped a BMW X3 with Ukrainian plates on Transportna Street, near block 198 in the Izgrev complex. The driver is a Ukrainian citizen who lives in Burgas. He had 2.05 per mille of alcohol in his blood.
At 11:55pm in the Rudnik district, the same department checked a Peugeot 206 with Shumen plates. It was driven by a 24-year-old man from the village of Orizare. With him were two friends from the village, aged 17 and 18. Police seized a joint of marijuana, about 5 grams, and about 5 grams of a white crystal substance, which proved to be methamphetamine. They detained the 18-year-old for up to 24 hours.
On Sunday at about 1:10pm, officers from the Fourth District Police Department stopped a Dacia Logan on Zahari Stoyanov Street in Burgas. The driver, a 36-year-old man from Madan, had driven after taking cocaine. The drivers of the Iveco, the BMW and the Dacia are held for up to 24 hours, and fast-track proceedings have been opened against them.
Over the three days, police recorded two thefts, three other crimes and two road accidents. They solved 21 crimes and opened five fast-track proceedings.
One of the solved cases is the theft of a wallet from a bench on Bulgaria Square in Sredets on 8 October. The wallet, which belonged to a 35-year-old woman, held €185, documents and keys. Sredets police found the thief: a 39-year-old woman from the town admitted everything and returned the money.
In Aytos on 16 October at about 3:25pm, a 30-year-old man from Burgas reversed his Audi A6 Avant into a 72-year-old woman in front of 3 Lyuben Karavelov Street. She is in the Heart and Brain hospital with a chest bruise. Her life is not in danger.
On 11 October at about 6pm in the village of Gyulyovtsa, a BMW 320d with Silistra plates hit a kerb near the bus stop and then a 14-year-old boy from Orizare, who was crossing the road. The boy has a broken left leg. Police say the 32-year-old driver, also from Orizare, was driving too fast for the road conditions and the situation.
Police in Nessebar received a report of the crash on 16 October, five days after it happened.