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Prosecutors want ex-Burgas water utility chief Tsvetan Mirchev held in custody (updated)
Mirchev is under house arrest. Prosecutors say they have new evidence that he influenced a witness in the case.
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Inspectors pull 22 illegal fishing nets from Mandra reservoir and Vaya lake
Inspectors from the Executive Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture (IARA) in Burgas seized 1,100 metres of gill nets and returned 800 kg of live fish…
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Customs officers stop Polish truck at Kulata carrying nearly 9m cigarettes without tax stamps
The driver has been charged and held for up to 72 hours. Blagoevgrad district prosecutors will ask a court to keep him in custody.
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Four charged for 9kg of marijuana, detained during preparation of a deal (updated)
The four were detained in a special operation on 6 October. Prosecutors will ask the court to hold them in custody.
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Sofia prosecutors order police check of guardrails at 36km mark on Hemus motorway
Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has ordered the check after the Road Safety Institute reported problems with how the guardrails were installed. Police…
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Prof Geneva-Popova stays in custody in case over more than €3m from health fund (updated)
Plovdiv regional court has kept the head of rheumatology at St George hospital in custody. The accountant of Artmed was released on €10,000 bail.
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Bulgarian organised crime police win first and second SELEC prizes for work with Turkish police
Ten officers from Bulgaria's GDBOP organised crime directorate have received certificates for breaking up a gang that dropped cannabis from planes…
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Man charged with trying to kill two brothers with a cleaver in Dimchevo stays in custody
Burgas Appeals Court has ruled for good that a man charged with trying to kill two brothers with a cleaver in Dimchevo on 26 September must stay in…
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18-year-old was responsible for the quad bike from the fatal crash in Sunny Beach (updated)
A witness in the case against Nikola Burgazliev admitted to the Burgas Regional Court that he does not have the competence to check the quad bike's…
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Police body cameras were off during first Burgazliev test
Officers who took part in the first response face disciplinary proceedings because their body cameras were not switched on. In the case of the ATV…
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Cigarettes worth €45,395 found hidden in copper shavings at Kapitan Andreevo border crossing
Customs officers found 230,000 smuggled cigarettes in 23 boxes in a Turkish lorry. Its papers said it was carrying copper shavings to Belgium.
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Varna police seize over 1kg of fentanyl, arrest 49-year-old man
Police in Varna have arrested a 49-year-old man with a criminal record after finding more than a kilogram of fentanyl at a property – enough for…
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Man fined €127.82 for exposing himself to two children on a bench in Burgas
A court in Burgas has fined a man €127.82 (250 leva) for exposing and touching his genitals on a bench in front of two children, aged 7 and 10.
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76-year-old man abducted from bus stop in Ravda, two held
Police in Nessebar have arrested a 43-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman, both from Plovdiv, over the abduction and beating of a 76-year-old man…
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12m euro from NHIF for 3 years: 10 medics detained in Plovdiv (updated)
The Plovdiv Prosecutor's Office is investigating an organised crime group for fictitious hospitalisations at the Rheumatology Clinic of UMBAL «St.…