A large amount of marijuana was also found during the operation
A drug depot was smashed by anti-mafia members in Veliko Tarnovo. A large amount of marijuana was also found during the operation. The detainees are four people.
The large-scale action started a few days ago. Addresses in the districts of Sofia, Blagoevgrad, Plovdiv and Veliko Tarnovo were searched. A large amount of marijuana was also found in a house in the old capital.
“It can be said that the address in Veliko Tarnovo is something like a depot for marijuana distribution,” said Dimitar Mashov – director of the OD of the Ministry of Interior – Veliko Tarnovo.
Two people lived in the apartment, and the block is located just below the Traffic Police – Veliko Tarnovo.
The housing cooperative is inhabited mainly by young families and none of them has seen or heard of the dealers.
The depot in Veliko Tarnovo stored drugs, which were distributed in all parts of our country. The quantity found is over 20 kilograms.
“Everything happens after a drug deal, and after the deal the person in whom the large amount of marijuana was found was detained – 21 kg. Three people were detained on the territory of the city of Sofia – “Student City”, said Dimitar Mashov.
The fourth person arrested in the investigation had to be prosecuted by the police.
The four detainees have been charged with drug possession and distribution.
“The estimate of the seized amount of narcotic substance amounts to over 126 thousand levs. All persons were detained for a period of 72 hours under the Criminal Procedure Code, “said Tsani Popov – Deputy District Prosecutor of Veliko Tarnovo.
They are to be asked for permanent arrest by the court. If proven guilty, the law provides for 5 to 15 years in prison and heavy fines.
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