Sat, Feb 11 2012
Photo: Julia Lazarova
The 22-year-old drug smuggler who says he did not know about the drugs is facing more than 10 years in jail
In several villages in southwestern Bulgaria, police found a total of 1120 kg of cannabis that was being harvested.
Greek police busted a Bulgarian-Greek drug ring when they found 500 kg of cocaine. Five people have been arrested, Greek newspapers said.
Italian media has described the two Bulgarians as the ringleaders of the organisation, and has labelled them as "very dangerous criminals"
All hotels are priced in euro, from 14.2 million down to 210 000 euro. Price for a sq m varies from 350 to 2321 euro, but in the majority of cases, the prices are below 100 euro a sq m.
International operation seizes large haul of heroin destined for Macedonia.
Some of the money from synthetic drug sales has been used by criminal groups to finance terrorist groups in the Middle East, according to Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security.
Police operation in Sofia and Kyustendil detains 10 people suspected of drug distribution. Large quantities of drugs and counterfeit money have reportedly being seized by the police.
Works will be reviewed by a group of judges, and winners will receive certificates and prizes.
Seven arrested, including ‘The Squirrel’ who was found in possession of 10 00 euro, Interior Ministry says. Mobile phones, computer equipment and drug paraphernalia seized.
Maximum temperatures across the country will remain mostly below zero.
The first tremor was at about 12.34am, followed by another three minutes later. Their epicentres were located between the towns of Radnevo and Topolovgrad.
There was no risk of blackouts caused by insufficient power supply, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov told Bulgarian National Radio.
Makedonia again... what do you guys do with all that cocaine?
I am curious...
Someone here said that you tend to wipe your "you know what's" with passports, so I am genuinely interested if you've stumbled of similarly creative ways of using the white powder...
Stuffing it down your ears, or using it against diaper rash... I am serious...
Presumably this was in breach of EU wine regulations, both in content and in labelling ? What did the Bulgarian National Vine and Wine Chamber do ?