37-year-old driver held in Slaveykov for drug-driving
Police in Burgas's Slaveykov complex detained a 37-year-old Daihatsu Sirion driver accused of driving after using cannabis, amphetamine and methamphetamine. He refused a chemical test, was held for up to 24 hours, and police opened fast-track proceedings.
In the Slaveykov residential complex, police detained a 37-year-old driver on
suspicion of driving after consuming drugs.[1] According to police, the man
had taken the wheel after using cannabis.[1] Police also allege that he had
used amphetamine and methamphetamine in addition to cannabis.[1]
At the time of the encounter, the driver was travelling in a Daihatsu Sirion
passenger car that officers had stopped for a check.[1] Once stopped, the
driver refused to provide a sample for chemical analysis.[1] Officers then
held the driver in detention for a period of up to 24 hours.[1] Following the
detention, police opened fast-track proceedings in connection with the case.[1]
The article gives only its publication date of 3 November 2026 and no separate date for the stop, so the report uses the publication date as the incident date
No cannabis weight or other drug quantity was reported, only alleged consumption, so no kilogram figure can be recorded
The report does not explain how police established cannabis, amphetamine and methamphetamine use when the driver refused chemical testing
No outcome of the fast-track proceedings was reported
Only one source for this event could be opened after searching in Bulgarian and English
The page image is captioned as an AI illustration by BurgasMedia, not as a photo of this stop, so no media entry is listed
The exact street location within Slaveykov was not given; coordinates are for Burgas centre with locality precision
Police found 103 kg of marijuana, in the form of 159 cannabis plants left to dry, at a private property in Grashevo, a village in Velingrad municipality, during a special operation across Pazardzhik region. No arrest at the property was reported, and the directorate named no suspect or owner.
Police in Pomorie seized 2 grams of marijuana from a 44-year-old man on 30 October during two days of drug checks on four men. The same checks also yielded methamphetamine from three other men, which is excluded from the cannabis total.
Police who searched a flat in the Sunny Beach resort found about 2 grams of cannabis and two hand-rolled cannabis cigarettes, along with about 3 grams each of methamphetamine and amphetamine. They detained the 39-year-old man who lived there for up to 24 hours and opened a fast-track criminal proceeding against him.
Police in the Burgas region seized about 103 grams of cannabis and about a gram of cocaine in checks at five homes on 29 October 2026, the Burgas regional police directorate said. Three men were detained for up to 24 hours and fast-track proceedings were opened in all five cases.
