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Man, 20, held in Dimitrovgrad with 1 gram of cannabis
Police in Dimitrovgrad have detained a 20-year-old man found with 1 gram of dried green plant matter that smelled of cannabis, Haskovo regional police (ODMVR) said.
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Polish driver with 2.12 promille held in Haskovo after police check
Police in Haskovo stopped a 46-year-old man driving a Polish-registered car and found 2.12 promille of alcohol in his blood. He refused blood tests,…
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Court keeps Prof. Geneva-Popova in custody in health fund case
The Plovdiv Court of Appeal has upheld the arrest of Prof. Mariela Geneva-Popova, who is charged with draining money from the National Health…
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Police check vote-buying hotspots: 140 operations and two pre-trial proceedings
Chief commissioner Lyubomir Nikolov announced that the checks are focused mostly on Roma neighbourhoods and places that were under the attention of…
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Police detain 11 people over alleged scheme at water utility
Bulgaria's organised crime unit says the group worked in Burgas and Sofia from February 2024. More than €6.6m excluding VAT was paid under two…
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Turkish man charged over €162,700 undeclared cash found in truck at Kapitan Andreevo
Haskovo district prosecutors have charged a 41-year-old Turkish citizen after his truck was searched as it left Bulgaria. The money was hidden in the…
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Woman charged with drug offenses involving €1.3m in Sofia
Sofia city prosecutors have sent the case of S. S. to court, charging her over drugs worth €1,300,062.44 found in a home in Sofia.
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Turkish car hits car from behind on Maritsa motorway, Bulgarian driver in hospital
A Turkish Volkswagen hit another Volkswagen from behind on the Maritsa motorway. In Simeonovgrad, a 13-year-old boy fell off an electric scooter.
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Two caught without plates or licence in Haskovo area
Police caught a 62-year-old motorcyclist with 0.81 per mille of alcohol in the village of Nadezhden, and a 19-year-old moped rider in Simeonovgrad.
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Spain hands over Stoyan Kolev, who fled house arrest, to Bulgaria
Spain has handed over Stoyan Kolev, 39, to Bulgaria on a European arrest warrant issued by the District Court in Pazardzhik. Officers from the Chief…
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Woman and her son, 14, charged with murder in Dimitrovgrad
Prosecutors in Haskovo have charged a 32-year-old woman and her 14-year-old son with the murder of a 67-year-old man. The prosecutor will ask a court…
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Customs officers find 221.73kg of cannabis in lorry at Kapitan Andreevo border crossing
The Ukrainian driver has been charged and detained for 72 hours. The cannabis is valued at €1,813,899.
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Two men from Lyubimets held after cannabis found in car on Odrin Street
Two men from Lyubimets, aged 26 and 27, have been detained after cannabis was found in an Opel car, Haskovo regional police said.
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Police detain man, 33, in Haskovo after he tried to flee a check and hit a guardrail
The man, from the village of Dobrich, was drunk and refused to take tests. He also has a penalty decree in force for driving without a licence.
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Road maintenance firm employee killed in crash on Trakia motorway
Two people were hurt in a crash at the 27km mark of the motorway, in the Sofia-bound direction. The man who died was at the scene to secure a…