Georgi Chinev

Bulgarian Customs officials discovered nearly half a ton of heroin at the Port of Burgas, marking the largest drug seizure in the region's history. A total of 436 kilograms of heroin, packed in 434 packages, was found. The estimated street value of the narcotics is around 70 million leva (35 million euros), according to District Prosecutor Georgi Chinev.

170 kilograms of cocaine were found concealed within a shipment of bananas at the Burgas city's port. The illicit cargo, valued at approximately $6.8 million, marks one of the largest drug seizures in the history of the Burgas Port Complex, BTA reported. No arrests have been made thus far, leaving authorities to grapple with the intricacies of an ongoing investigation.

In a shocking incident that has left the community in Burgas reeling, 24-year-old Georgi Gendjov has been charged by the prosecutor's office for the particularly cruel murder of his mother, Radka Gesheva.

After the brutal accident in Prilep and the subsequent homicide, three people remain in custody. These are the father, grandfather and uncle of the boy who was run over by the murdered driver.

A forensic medical examination is pending to clarify the cause of the driver's death and which of the three detainees inflicted the fatal knife blow on the calf of the truck driver.

Two Moldovan citizens have been detained for armed robbery of Ukrainian refugees, according to the Appellate Prosecutor's Office in Burgas. The perpetrators confiscated money and jewelry worth a total of about BGN 197,000.

Marihuana for more than half a million BGN was seized in the land of the Pomorian village Bata, the Burgas District Prosecutor's Office announced.

90 kg dry foliage mass and another 193 stalks of cannabis found in plantation. The number is record. A 57-year-old man from Burgas is detained, he is not criminally exposed and has not been convicted, the Burgas police have reported.