Driver, 24, held with 58 g of cannabis near Archar in Vidin Province
Vidin police stopped a 24-year-old Dunavtsi man's car near Archar on 5 November 2026 and found a plastic bag holding 58.15 grams of cannabis. He was held at the Vidin regional police station and a pre-trial investigation was opened under article 354a, paragraph 3, of the Criminal Code.
🇧🇬 Archar, Vidin Municipality, Vidin Province · Bulgaria
Police in Vidin Province detained a 24-year-old man from the town of Dunavtsi on
suspicion of drug possession.[1][2][3][4]A search of the car’s interior found a
plastic bag of dry green leafy material weighing 58.15 grams.[1][2][3]The driver
was taken into custody at the Vidin regional police station.[1][2][3]
A field drug test showed the material was cannabis.[1][2]Radio Vidin published
the Vidin regional police directorate’s own statement, which puts the detention
on the previous day.[5]
A pre-trial investigation was opened for an offence under article 354a,
paragraph 3, of the Criminal Code, which covers drug offences.[1][2][3]Radio Vidin
reported that work on the case was continuing within the pre-trial
investigation.[5]
On the same day separate Vidin officers seized five sacks holding 50 kilograms
of cut tobacco without excise stamps from a Volkswagen Passat in the village of
Simeonovo, arresting its 38-year-old driver, a woman from Lom; that is an excise
offence, not a cannabis offence.[1][2]The 24 chasa website published the same
BTA account of the Archar arrest and the tobacco seizure in one roundup.[6]24
chasa headlined the account with the Dunavtsi arrest and the 50 kilograms of
untaxed tobacco.[6]
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Page picture published with the report of the Dunavtsi driver's arrest. Photo: Радио ВидинPhoto details
24 часа24chasa.bgBGХванаха 24-годишен от Дунавци с канабис. Иззети са 50 кг тютюн без бандерол
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The report gives no court date, charge sheet or outcome beyond the opening of a pre-trial investigation.
Neither account says whether the 58.15 grams were intended for the man's own use or for sale.
The Vidin regional police directorate did not name the suspect; only his age and home town are known.
The 50 kg of untaxed tobacco seized from a 38-year-old woman in Simeonovo on the same day is an excise offence, a separate event left out of this report's figures.
The 29 October arrest in Vidin city involving cannabis, amphetamine and ecstasy, mentioned in the same roundup, is a separate event not covered here.
The three outlets publish the same Vidin regional police statement, so the accounts are not fully independent.
The account gives no weight or plant count for the cannabis in the separate 29 October Vidin case, so none can be recorded there.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Българско национално радио, Радио Видин: Shortly after 17:20 on 5 November 2026, officers stopped a car for a check near the village of Archar.
BTA gives the detention time as about 17:20 but says only "yesterday" (вчера), while its publication date is 6 November 2026, which is consistent with the 5 November date in the report.
The BTA page picture is captioned only with the roundup headline and is credited to the BTA Vidin correspondent's archive, so it is not established to show this seizure and is not linked.
Neither new account adds a court date, charge sheet or outcome beyond the pre-trial investigation.
Bulnews headlined the case as the arrest of a dealer, but like the other accounts gives no evidence of sale, and the material is described only as possession.
The Bulnews page picture is marked illustrative, and the Konkurent page picture carries only the headline as a caption, so neither is established to show this seizure.
Traffic police detained a 31-year-old man from Blagoevgrad on the Struma motorway after a roadside test was positive for cannabis, amphetamine and methamphetamine. He was held for up to 24 hours and gave a blood sample; the car was not seized.
Police in Smolyan detained a 19-year-old driver on 10 November 2026 after a roadside drug test returned a positive result for cannabis. He was held for up to 24 hours while fast-track proceedings were opened.
Police in Burgas Province detained a 35-year-old man with about 4 g of cannabis in Ruen and a 49-year-old man with about 3 g of marijuana in Sozopol on 10 November 2026. Fast-track proceedings were opened in the Ruen case and both men were detained, with about 7 g seized in total.
Pazardzhik police stopped a Peugeot on the Trakia motorway and seized 2.2 kg of marijuana from four vacuum-sealed bags inside. The 25-year-old driver from Rogosh, who was driving under the influence of cocaine, was detained for 24 hours and faces pre-trial proceedings.
