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Plovdiv: Double killing near Vacha dam (between Plovdiv and Smolyan)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:28:00 GMT

The police continue investigating the double killing close to Vacha (Antonivanovtsi) reservoir located between region of Plovdiv and Smolyan , Interior Ministry`s press center announced. The 30-year-old killer is detained for 24 hours after shooting tw...

Lesovo: 9 kg of heroin seized at Lesovo border checkpoint

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:31:00 GMT

Nine kilograms and 20 grams of heroin were seized at Lesovo border checkpoint on Sunday evening, District Police Directorate - Yambol announced. The drugs were found in the petrol tank of a Mercedes car with a Romanian license plate driven by a 27-ye...

Sofia: Man from Varna sets himself on fire in Sofia

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 GMT

Rosen Markov, the eccentric leader of the "Party of Bulgarian Men" set himself on fire Tuesday night in front of the Bulgarian National TV Sofia in protest against the broadcasting of news in the Turkish language. Markov, who is a native of Varna and...

Dimitrovgrad: One dead after brawl of 2 young men in Dimitrovgrad

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:09:00 GMT

A killing was committed about an hour ago in the southern Bulgarian town of Dimitrovgrad . 2 young men brawled outside a cafe in the town and one of them died. The case is under investigation, said Nina Nikolova, spokeswoman for the District Police Direct...

Stara Zagora: Office of Expressbank in Stara Zagora was robbed

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:00:00 GMT

Unknown burglars have victimized the office of Expressbank , on `Tsar Simeon The Great` blvd. in Stara Zagora , the police in town inform. According to experts, this type of vaults usually keep around BGN 100-150, 000 in cash, but, taking into account th...

Gulabovo: Truck driver from town of Galabovo sentenced to life imprisonment in Iran

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT

A Bulgarian truck driver has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Iran for drug trafficking, Bulgarian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Dragovest Goranov said Monday. Zhivko Roussev (55 years-old from Galabovo ) was arrested in September last year in the Nor...

Barkach: Police released kidnapped girls in village of Barkach

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:19:00 GMT

2 girls have been kidnapped in the village of Barkach , Pleven district , the Ministry of Interior Regional Police Directorate in the town of Pleven press office announced. Police officers in the Chief Directorate Combating Organized Crime have taken ...

Kalotina: Kalotina customs officers seized ATM skimming devices

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Customs officers at the Kalotina customs checkpoint seized an ATM deposit slot and a keyboard, Customs Agency announced. In the frames of a check-up on a bus, travelling on a regular run from Bulgaria to Germany, the customs officers found the two ATM s...

Katunitsa: Illegal alcohol distillery broken in village of Katunitsa

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:02:00 GMT

Customs inspectors and police broke into an illegal alcohol distillery in the southern village of Katunitsa this past weekend, the Plovdiv customs authority said Monday. During the operation in the facility which is owned by the company Eurostandard, ...

4 people died in road accidents in last 24hrs (28 Oct 2009)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:44:00 GMT

4 people died in road accident that occurred in Bulgaria over the last 24 hours, the press office of the Interior Ministry announced. A total of 19 road accidents occurred countrywide, 25 people got injured, two of whom are in critical condition and thei...

Blagoevgrad: Police from Blagoevgrad, Sandanski and Petrich made action for breaking drug trafficking

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:45:00 GMT

Experts with the District Interior Ministry Directorates of the towns of Blagoevgrad , Sandanski and Petrich , conducted a special police operation for breaking a drug trafficking channel to Greece, police announced. An Audi car, driven by 19-year-old...

Sofia: 5 skimming devices seized at Sofia Airport

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:02:00 GMT

Sofia : Customs agents with the anti-drug unit at Sofia Airport seized five skimming devices for bankcards data abuse, the Customs Agency announced. The skimming devices arrived at Sofia Airport in a courier`s package from Indonesia. It contained a DVD p...

Sofia: 8 died in 20 road accidents (26 Octomber, 2009)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:30:00 GMT

8 people died in 20 road accidents that occurred on the territory of the country overnight, the press office of the Interior Ministry announced. Other 19 people god injured.56 light road accidents have been registered on the territory of the capital city ...

Kapitan Andreevo: 152 packs of heroin seized at the Kapital Andreevo Checkpoint

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:02:00 GMT

Customs inspectors seized 78.860 kg of heroin at the Kapital Andreevo Checkpoint (on Bulgaria`s border with Turkey) around 4 a.m. on Saturday. The value of the consignment is 9,875,000 leva at costs applied for the administration of justice, but its blac...

Sushevo: The owner of Sushevo dog-killer shelters 7 puppies and 14 older dogs

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:30:00 GMT

The owner of the dog that killed a 5-year-old girl in Sushevo on Monday, Elena Bankova, kept a total of 21 dogs, the Mayor of Zavet municipality , Ahter Veliev, confirmed. Veliev stated that Bankova kept 7 puppies and was also owner of the 14 older do...

Sushevo: 5-year-old girl killed by dog in village of Sushevo

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:36:00 GMT

A 5-year-old girl has been killed by a dog in the village of Sushevo , Razgrad District , local police reported Monday. The dog bit the girl round the throat according to witnesses at around 10:00 Monday morning in the centre of Sushevo . The Razgrad ...

Nikolaevo: Illegal cigarettes seized in town of Nikolaevo

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:32:00 GMT

Smuggled cigarettes have been seized in the town of Nikolaevo , press centre of the District Police Directorate - Stara Zagora announced. An alert has been received at 12.20pm at Gurkovo Police Department yesterday that unknown persons offer smuggled ...

Sofia: Son of former municipal councilor from Pravets kidnapped in Sofia's Studentski Grad quarter

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:33:00 GMT

The young man Rumen Guninski was kidnapped in the presence of a friend of his and many eyewitnesses in Sofia ’s Studentski Grad residential quarter on Monday evening. 112 emergency telephone received a call at about 7.55 p.m., alerting about the case. ...

Zavoya: Student from village of Zavoya is in Plovdiv hospital after set himself on fire

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:00:00 GMT

A 19-year-old Bulgarian university student set himself on fire around 3 am on Sunday over unrequited love. Adrian Simeonov from the Zavoya village ( Kirkovo Municipality ) went to a disco in the village of Chakalarovo with his former girlfriend Mariel...

Sofia: 63 dead in car accidents in Sofia since the beginning of 2009

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:30:00 GMT

63 people have died in accidents since the beginning of the year now in Sofia , Chief of Police "Traffic Police" - Sofia Commissioner Vanyo Stoevski said at a press conference dedicated to the European Road Safety Day / October 13/. Since the beginnin...

Kapitan Andreevo: Undeclared EUR 40 600 and USD 1010 sized at Kapitan Andreevo

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:20:00 GMT

Customs officers at Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint seized undeclared EUR 40 600 and USD 1010, Customs Agency`s press office announced. The currency was seized late on Thursday night during personal examination of a 24-year-old Turk. The man was dri...

Malko Turnovo: Customs officers at Malko Tarnovo seized 28 kg of heroin

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:12:00 GMT

Customs officers at Malko Tarnovo border checkpoint seized 28 kg of heroin at the amount of more than BGN 3.5 mln, the Regional Customs Agency in the coastal town of Burgas informed. A car has tried to pass the border checkpoint on Wednesday afternoon....

Sofia: Police bust illegal production of spirit drinks in Sofia and the region around

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:24:00 GMT

Crime-busters have bust illegal production of spirit drinks, the press center of the Interior Ministry announced. The operation took place in Sofia and the region around the capital after the police were alerted by the International Federation of Spiri...

Varna: Fight between two pupils in Varna finished with death

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:03:00 GMT

The fight between two pupils in the coastal city of Varna , in which a 16-year-old boy was beaten to death on Monday, has been organized in advance, said engineer Irma Dukova, principal of the Vocational Technical Secondary School , cited by FOCUS - Var...

Blagoevgrad: Blagoevgrad Police seized 500 kg of cannabis in village of Dragush

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:15:00 GMT

Crime-busters with the District Police Directorate - Blagoevgrad have seized 500 kg of cannabis in a special police operation in the southwestern Bulgarian municipality of Petrich , announced District Police Directorate - Blagoevgrad . The police fou...