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Three arrested over meth lab at villa near Cherven Bryag
Police found equipment for making methamphetamine, cannabis, an illegal rifle and coins that may be cultural artefacts at a villa near Cherven Bryag.
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Over 221 kg of marijuana found in Turkey-bound truck at Kapitan Andreevo
Customs officers found 196 packages in a load of timber from Ukraine. The marijuana is valued at €1,813,899. The driver has been charged and detained…
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Driver in Dabnik tests positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine
Police stopped a Seat Ibiza in Dabnik late on the evening of 13 October. The driver's test showed amphetamine and methamphetamine.
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Man, 34, held over theft of six tyres from Burgas garage
Police have detained a 34-year-old man with a criminal record on suspicion of stealing six used tyres from a car repair shop on Krayezerna Street in…
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Pomorie police detain 14-year-old over three house break-ins, three men over diesel theft
A 14-year-old from Kableshkovo broke into three houses, and three men from Bata siphoned diesel from construction machinery, Pomorie police said.
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Son of woman killed in Plovdiv remains in custody, appeal filed on 20 October
A 14-year-old boy charged with killing his mother in Plovdiv remains in custody. The woman lived in Stara Zagora and was a mother of two children.
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Slavcho Megerov stays in custody as weapon in Filipov murder not found
The Court of Appeal in Plovdiv has upheld the arrest of the man charged with murdering businessman Iliyan Filipov. Police are still searching for the…
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Chavdar Boyadzhiev gets life without parole again
Sofia City Court found him guilty of two murders in Lozen and of a murder committed during an extortion. The verdict can be appealed.
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Police in Kameno identify man, 43, over theft of phone and €20
A man from Dobrinishte has admitted stealing a phone and €20 from a 59-year-old woman in Kameno. He gave them back to her, Burgas regional police…
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Prof Geneva-Popova resigns as dean and clinic head after arrest
Prof Mariela Geneva-Popova, who is charged in the fake hospital admissions case, has left her posts as dean of the Medical Faculty and head of the…
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Driver on probation caught with 1.04 per mille of alcohol in Pomorie
A 60-year-old man refused a blood test after a check on Morska Street in Pomorie. He was detained, and fast-track proceedings have been started…
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Lovech prosecutors weigh measure for truck drivers caught with drugs
Two drivers whose trucks carrying meat for the Lovech processing plant held marijuana and cocaine have been detained under the Interior Ministry Act.
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Customs officers find nearly 130,000 cigarettes in Turkish truck at Kapitan Andreevo
Customs officers at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing found 6,440 packs of cigarettes hidden in the cabinets of a Turkish truck that was carrying…
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Two drivers detained in Dolno Ezerovo seven hours apart after using methamphetamine
Police in Dolno Ezerovo, a district of Burgas, detained a 40-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman yesterday. Both had driven after using…
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Over 200kg of cannabis and cocaine found in two refrigerated lorries near Lovech
The operation was carried out by GDBOP, Bulgaria's organised crime directorate, not by customs as first reported. The drugs were hidden among meat,…