Chief secretary of the Interior Ministry Valentin Petrov did not protect the production of synthetic drugs in Bulgaria and their traffic across the borders of the country. This was the interpretation of the entire journalistic profession, who have misinterpreted the words of former deputy director of the Razgrad police Todor Dimov in a live television interview. This was the most important conclusion of the investigation into the Kujovic row as announced on January 25, mediapool.bg said.

Petrov immediately asked the prosecutor to investigate, when his name was connected to accusations of an "umbrella" within the police and interior ministry structures to protect narcotics production in Bulgaria. After he had been removed from his post because of a Bulgarian passport which had been issued to Serbian Budimir Kujovic, Dimov questioned the interests Petrov could have in the case of Kujovic. He said he would disclose these interests to an independent committee. In front of the prosecutor however, Dimov denied everything, mediapool.bg said.

"Todor Dimov stated categorically that he has no data or evidence, which would point to violations or crimes committed by police functionaries. This is a matter of interpretation by the entire journalistic profession," mediapool.bg quoted from the interrogation of army regional prosecutor Spas Iliev.

Iliev said "I accept what Dimov told us. He signed his statement. As for inconsistencies, the results of the investigative interrogation and the public announcements are sufficient for anyone to make their own analysis."

Dimov said "I have never told journalists that Petrov protects trafficking of amphetamine and that he had personal economic interests in this area. My words about the investigation in Razgrad have been incorrectly interpreted."

"This case is not more special than other cases which are part of everyday police work. The only thing that is different is its connection with the resignation of chief secretary of the Interior Ministry Iliya Iliev. From there, journalistic interpretations started of my words and those of several police functionaries and policemen," Dimov said.

In the Nova Television program Koritarov Live, Dimov said he had been "warned" by his colleagues at the chief anti-organised crime directorate to not involve himself with the Kujovic case, because he would "be fried".

However, despite that he "had no doubts about the leadership of the interior ministry, not about Valentin Petrov, Iliya Iliev or the Interior Minister," Dimov confirmed to the prosecutor that he had been warned that he would "be fried" if he would be involved in the Kujovic case, mediapool.bg.

The state agency for national security (SANS) investigated the case at the request of the prosecutor to find out if Dimov or management of the Interior ministry had leaked sensitive information in the Kujovic case. According to SANS this had not happened.

"It is my opinion that there is no Kujovic row," Spas Iliev said.

The only ongoing remaining investigation related to the Kujovic row, was that at the Varna army regional prosecutors office, which would have to decide if Iliya Iliev and Todor Dimov broke the law when they issued a Bulgarian passport to the Serbian Kujovic, who had earlier been banned from the country for 10 years, mediapool.bg said.