Dupnitsa police detain 30-year-old with hashish and cannabis in his flat
Police searched a Dupnitsa flat at the end of the previous week and seized a plastic bag holding a resinous lump of hashish and another bag of dry green leafy material that tested as cannabis. The 30-year-old resident was held under a police order and a fast-track prosecution for drug possession was opened.
Police in Dupnitsa detained a 30-year-old man who lives in a flat in the town
after searching it and finding both hashish and cannabis.[1]The officers
seized a plastic bag, called a space bag, holding a resinous lump of hashish,
and another bag with dry green leafy material that reacted to cannabis.[1]The
resident was held under a police order for up to 24 hours.[1]
A field drug test established what the banned substances were.[1]A fast-track
prosecution for possession of narcotic substances was opened at the Dupnitsa
district police department at the end of the previous week.[1]The duty
prosecutor at the district prosecution was notified at once, and the Kyustendil
regional police directorate said work to document the crime was continuing.[1]
Pirinsko and the Dupnitsa-based Вяра News published the same account,
distributed by the Kyustendil regional police directorate.[2]The resident of
the Dupnitsa flat was detained under a police order and the duty prosecutor was
notified.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Hashish; Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession
Setting
Home
Charge
possession of narcotic substances
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Kyustendil Province
Sources
Инфомрежаinfomreja.bgBGПолицейски удар в Дупница: Иззеха спейсбек с хашиш и плик с канабис
Вяра Newsviaranews.comBGХашиш и канабис откриха в жилище в Дупница, 30-годишен е задържан
Open questions the AI reported
No weight, plant count or value was published for the hashish or the cannabis, so no quantity is recorded.
The man is identified only by his age, 30; no name or initials were published.
The search took place "at the end of last week", which places it in the first days of November 2026; 6 November, the day most consistent with that wording, is used as the incident date and all three accounts were published on 9 November.
No street address or neighbourhood of the flat was given.
The accounts do not say whether the man was released or kept in custody after the 24-hour police order, or whether he has been charged.
No case number was published for the fast-track prosecution.
All three accounts publish the same Kyustendil regional police directorate statement, so they are not independent.
The Infomreja page picture is credited as a Ministry of Interior archive image and the Pirinsko page picture carries only the headline as its caption, so neither is established to show this search; no event photo is linked.
The same outlet's roundup lists a separate Blagoevgrad arrest with marijuana in a cigarette box, a different event left out of this report.
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.
