Police have arrested a 42-year-old Swedish man with dies, rolls and blanks for making fake ID documents.

The man was driving alone in a van with foreign plates from Turkey through Bulgaria to the UK. Border police stopped him on 11 November at an entry point.

Officers asked for a thorough customs check of the van. In a small cardboard box in the boot, they found 20 stamps for printing parts of passports from various EU countries, Canada, Israel and Hong Kong.

The box also held 19 rolls of elements that are built into the documents, and 270 blanks for covers.

The Swede is being held at the border police station in Svilengrad. Pre-trial proceedings have started against him under the supervision of the District Prosecutor's Office in Haskovo, Svilengrad branch.