Customs officers and border police found printing plates and blanks for ID documents in a minibus that arrived from Turkey at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing, the regional press centre of the Customs Agency in Svilengrad said. The driver, a Swedish citizen, was detained.

The foreign-registered minibus was checked on 11 November. It was heading for the UK.

A box in the vehicle held 270 blank document covers, 20 plates for printing parts of ID documents and 19 rolls carrying such parts. The Border Police Directorate General took the seized items.

Pre-trial proceedings have been opened. An investigating officer from the Border Police Department in Svilengrad is handling the case under the supervision of the Haskovo District Prosecutor's Office, Svilengrad branch.

In late October, customs officers at the same crossing seized 3,150 packs of smuggled cigarettes, or 63,000 cigarettes, during two checks of lorries from Turkey.