134 cannabis plants weighing 122 kg destroyed in Bulgaria
Police destroyed 134 cannabis plants weighing a combined 122.325 kilograms at two sites near Churicheni and Ilindentsi on 26 August 2026. The regional police said 54 plants were found in Petrich Municipality and 80 in Strumyani Municipality; two pre-trial investigations were opened.
🇧🇬 Churicheni and Ilindentsi, Blagoevgrad Province · Bulgaria
Police in Petrich and Sandanski found and destroyed about 134 cannabis plants on 26 August 2026, according to the Blagoevgrad Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry.[1][2]The plants tested positive for cannabis in field tests, and their combined weight was reported as 122.325 kilograms.[1][2]
Fifty-four plants weighing about 43.2 kilograms were in a deforested area at Kukovo, in the land of Churicheni village in Petrich Municipality.[1][2]The other 80 plants, weighing about 79.125 kilograms, were in a prepared field at Kostur Mahala, near Ilindentsi village in Strumyani Municipality.[1][2]Both reports said the police opened pre-trial proceedings in connection with the two sites.[1][2]
The accounts describe two discoveries made during the same day’s police actions and report them together as a regional eradication result.[1][2]They do not name anyone arrested or charged, and they do not report confirmatory laboratory testing.[1][2]The field names identify the general areas, but the reports give no precise plot coordinates.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Plants destroyed
134
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants (134 plants)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Forest or wild land
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Utro Ruse (BTA)utroruse.comBGКриминалисти от Петрич и Сандански унищожиха 134 растения канабис с общо тегло над 122 килограма
DarikNewsdariknews.bgBGХванаха 122 кг растения канабис в местностите „Куково“ и „Костур Махала“
Open questions the AI reported
The reports say the plants tested positive in field tests but give no laboratory results or suspect names.
Exact field coordinates are not reported; the map point is the provincial center.
The BTA image on the Utro Ruse page has no event-specific caption, so it was not included.
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 destroyed about 421 cannabis plants weighing around 833 kg at two sites near Harsovo and Vishlene on 25 August 2026. The reports say pre-trial proceedings began in both cases.
Border police found six cannabis fields holding 526 plants and about 1,085 kg of green mass in Ograzhden mountain in Petrich municipality during a July 2025 operation, and a commission destroyed the plants. Two Bulgarian men were held at the site of the largest find, with no charges or court outcome reported.
