Police in Burgas region have uncovered 30 crimes in the past three days and opened 14 fast-track cases, the regional police directorate (ODMVR) in Burgas said. Many of those detained are drivers caught with alcohol or drugs.

Police also recorded three other criminal offences, one fire and three road crashes. Two pedestrians and one driver were hurt in the crashes.

On 30 October at about 3.05pm in the village of Prosenik, Ruen municipality, a Mercedes Vito van with Burgas plates turned left and hit an 83-year-old woman from the village who was walking on the road. The driver is a 61-year-old man from Prosenik. The woman has a broken left leg and is in the Heart and Brain hospital. Her life is not in danger.

At about 3.30pm the same day, a 19-year-old man from Nesebar crashed a Dacia Sandero with Burgas plates at km 206 of the Varna-Burgas road, in Nesebar municipality. Police say he was going too fast and lost control as he turned into a Shell petrol station. The car hit a concrete wall with marble tiles. The driver has a chest injury and was taken to Heart and Brain.

On the seafront promenade in Burgas, next to the Almare restaurant, a Fiat Doblo with Burgas plates reversed into an 80-year-old Burgas woman. It happened at about 8.51am on 31 October. The driver is a 35-year-old man from the village of Chubra. The woman has a chest injury. She was examined at the Burgas University Hospital (UMBAL) and went home for treatment. Her life is not in danger.

Police received a report of a fire in a commercial site at 18 Svoboda district in Pomorie at about 5.35am on 31 October. The owner is a 53-year-old man from Pomorie. One fire crew put out the blaze, and an inspection found no signs of arson. A pre-trial case has been opened, and police are working to establish the cause and the cost of the damage.

Four drivers were caught with alcohol. At about 2.25am on 30 October, officers from the Fourth District Police Department checked a 23-year-old man from the village of Troyanovo in an Audi A3 with Burgas plates, in the car park behind block 41 in the Meden Rudnik complex. The breathalyser showed 2.59 per mille. At about 6.50am the same day, officers from the Fifth District Police Department stopped a 51-year-old Burgas man in a Jaguar with Plovdiv plates next to the Metro store in Burgas. He had 1.62 per mille. Both cars were seized.

Drunk drivers were also involved in two crashes that caused damage only. At about 7.20pm on 30 October, a BMW 316 driven by a 52-year-old Burgas man and a Honda driven by a 41-year-old Burgas man, both with Burgas plates, collided on Zahari Zograf street in the Dolno Ezerovo district. The BMW driver had 2.96 per mille.

At about 9pm on 31 October, an Audi A6 with Varna plates and a Peugeot 206 with Burgas plates collided on the road between Aheloy and Ravda. The Peugeot was driven by a 45-year-old man from Sliven. The Audi driver, a 44-year-old man from Ruse, had 2.77 per mille and refused to give blood. The four drivers who had been drinking are held for up to 24 hours, and fast-track cases have been opened against them.

Five drivers tested positive for drugs. At about 9.50am on 30 October in Ruen, local officers checked a 32-year-old man from Snyagovo in an Opel Zafira, who tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine. On 31 October the Second District Police Department in Burgas stopped a 41-year-old Burgas woman in an Opel Astra on Kavala street at about 11am. She had methamphetamine in her system. At about 1.20pm on Odrin street, a 20-year-old man from Primorsko in a Peugeot Partner with Varna plates tested positive for cannabis. He refused to give blood.

Officers from the Specialised Police Forces unit at Burgas ODMVR stopped a 22-year-old Burgas man in a Ford Fiesta on Tsar Simeon I street at about 2.30am on 1 November. He had cocaine. Later, at about 1.20pm, a 42-year-old Burgas man on a Honda motorcycle on Minyorska street in Meden Rudnik tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine. A search found two twists of methamphetamine on him, about 1 gram. He refused blood and urine tests, and the motorcycle was seized. All five are held for up to 24 hours, and fast-track cases have been opened against them.

In Pomorie, four people were detained over drugs. At about 7.10pm on 29 October, near the Wave hotel, officers checked a Volkswagen Caddy with Varna plates driven by a 71-year-old man from Nesebar. In the car were a 23-year-old man from Nesebar and his 21-year-old brother. The older brother was wanted by police, and officers found 8 grams of methamphetamine on him. At the same time, officers from the Pomorie district police department detained a 21-year-old man from Pomorie, also with methamphetamine.

At about 8.50am on 30 October, officers searched two flats in the Svoboda district of Pomorie. In one, they found a total of 4 grams of methamphetamine on a 41-year-old man from Pomorie with a criminal record and past convictions. In the other, a 44-year-old man from Pomorie, also with a criminal record, had three balls of marijuana and a marijuana butt, 2 grams in all. The four people detained in the town are held for up to 24 hours. Fast-track cases have been opened against the 23-year-old and the two men from the Svoboda district.

Two of the cases involve thefts from coffee machines. At about 10.30am on 30 October, police received a report that €60 had been stolen from a machine in Kableshkovo. Three men from the town, aged 23, 36 and 41, all with criminal records and past convictions, were detained. Police say they made full confessions, and a fast-track case has been opened against them.

In the Slaveykov district of Burgas, officers from the Second District Police Department, helped by the Fifth, detained a 42-year-old Burgas man with a criminal record and past convictions. They suspect him of many similar thefts of coins from coffee machines, worth €170 in all.