Two 36-year-old drivers were detained in Burgas and near Primorsko after testing positive for drugs, Burgas regional police said. In the Izgrev district, police stopped a third driver who had 2.05 per mille of alcohol. All three were held for up to 24 hours on a police order, and each faces fast-track proceedings.
At about 1:10pm yesterday, Sunday, officers from the Fourth District Police Department stopped a Dacia Logan with Burgas plates on Zahari Stoyanov Street in Burgas. The driver, a man from Madan, tested positive for cocaine in a first check. Police have yet to establish the circumstances.
Two days earlier, on Friday 16 October, at about 9:40am, officers from the Sozopol district police department stopped an Iveco Daily van with Burgas plates. It happened on the Burgas–Sozopol road, at a Petrol filling station near Primorsko. The driver is from Burgas. His test showed methamphetamine, known as "piko".
That evening, at about 10:15pm, officers from the Fifth District Police Department stopped a BMW X3 with Ukrainian plates on Transportna Street in Izgrev, near block 198. The driver is a Ukrainian citizen who lives in Burgas. His breathalyser showed 2.05 per mille. Police did not give his age.
Police report no crash, injuries or damage. Transportna Street is one of the main routes in northern Burgas, and traffic runs late into the evening.
On 19 October we also wrote about another case from the same Friday. Officers from the First District Police Department searched the home of a 46-year-old man from Burgas in the Pobeda district, where a field test showed methamphetamine. The man was held on a police order, and a pre-trial investigation has begun.
Under the Criminal Code, driving with more than 1.2 per mille is a crime if the alcohol level is established in the way the law requires.