Bregovo

Border police officers from the Bregovo State Political Directorate detained a man with 50,000 smuggled cigarettes. The specialized police operation against the smuggling and distribution of excise goods without excise labels was held on June 19th.

The administration of Vidin region has declared vigilance due to the increasing level of Danube River, Governor Albena Georgieva said at a meeting on the current situation, FOCUS Radio - Vidin reports.

Bregovo (North-West Bulgaria, near the border with Serbia) remains in a state of emergency because of the risk of flooding. The level of Timok River has dropped by several centimetres, but the groundwater level has risen. Powerful hydropump is used for draining the water, reported BNT. 

 There can be no pollution of drinking water for people in Bregovo, as the pumping station near the areas flooded by the Timok River does not operate, Vidin Governor Albena Georgieva told FOCUS News Agency.

A 4km queue of cargo vehicles has formed at the Dunav Most 2 border checkpoint, at exit from the country, Radio Focus - Vidin has reported.

Traffic of cargo vehicles through the checkpoint is intensive. There are no vehicles waiting to enter the country.
Traffic is normal at both checkpoints with Serbia in the Vidin region - Vrashka Chuka and Bregovo.

A 2km long queue of cargo vehicles formed at the exit of Lesovo border checkpoint, the press centre of Chief Directorate Border Police.

There is a 1 kilometer long queue of trucks at the Danuv Bridge 2 border checkpoint at the entrance of the country.
This was announced by the border police officer, according to Radio FOCUS - Vidin.

There is no queue of waiting trucks at the exit. At the other two border checkpoints in Vidin Region - Vrashka Chuka and Bregovo - traffic is normal.

There is a 3.5 kilometers long queue of trucks at the Dunav Bridge 2 border checkpoint at the exit of the country.

This was announced by the border police officer on duty for Radio FOCUS - Vidin.

As many as 44 irregular migrants have been arrested near the village of Bregovo, Southern Bulgaria, police in the main regional city, Haskovo, have said.

The men are reportedly from Afghanistan. During their daily patrol on Saturday, police officers spotted two people whom they tracked down to find the 44 men, aged 18-25, in a nearby forest.