Two drivers have been detained for drink-driving in the Haskovo area, the regional police directorate (ODMVR) in Haskovo said in a bulletin on 13 October. Fast-track proceedings have been opened in both cases.
In the village of Malevo, police caught a 62-year-old man from Dimitrovgrad driving a Volkswagen with 1.69 promille of alcohol. He refused to give blood samples and was held for up to 24 hours, police said.
At a car park on the Maritsa motorway, police detained a Moldovan driver of a Daf lorry with 1.74 promille. While reversing, he hit a parked tractor unit.