Buyer and dealer held after 3.5 grams of marijuana in Blagoevgrad
Police checked a 46-year-old man on Chakalitsa Street in Blagoevgrad on 5 November and found about 3.5 grams of marijuana, then detained the 36-year-old man they say sold it to him. A pre-trial proceeding was opened and the investigation continued.
Criminal investigators from Blagoevgrad’s Second Regional Police Department
checked a 46-year-old resident of the city in the area of Chakalitsa Street at
about 15:15 on 5 November.[1]About 3.5 grams of marijuana were found on him.[1]The investigation established that he had bought the drug from a
36-year-old man from Blagoevgrad.[1]
The 36-year-old man was detained under a 24-hour detention order.[1]A
pre-trial proceeding was opened over the case and work to clarify all the facts
continued.[1]The regional police statement, also published by Pirinsko.com,
gives the same time, street, age and quantity for the check.[2]Pirinsko.com
reports that the drug was bought from a 36-year-old man from the city who was
also detained for up to 24 hours.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
3.5 g
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (3.5 g)
Setting
Street or public place
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
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The weight of about 3.5 grams is the amount found on the buyer; no quantity was reported for the dealer.
No names, charges or court outcome were reported; the investigation was continuing.
The same bulletin also reports a separate case of a 34-year-old driver from Breznitsa stopped near Banichan for driving after unspecified drug use; it is left out here because the substance is not established as cannabis.
No photo established to show this seizure is included; the accompanying images carry no informative caption or credit.
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.
