Serbian trucker jailed for 172 kg of marijuana at Kapitan Andreevo
Haskovo District Court sentenced Serbian driver Nihat Rahimi to four years and eight months in prison on 24 March 2026 for smuggling 172.242 kg of marijuana in a hidden truck compartment through Bulgaria’s Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint. The plea agreement also imposed a €36,000 fine.
Haskovo District Court sentenced Serbian national Nihat Rahimi to four years and eight months in
prison on 24 March 2026 for attempting to smuggle 172.242 kg of marijuana through Bulgaria’s
Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint with Turkey.[1][2]Judges approved a plea agreement that also
requires a €36,000 fine and declared the ruling final with no further appeal.[1][2]
Customs Agency officers and the Interior Ministry’s organised-crime directorate found the cannabis
in a concealed compartment of an empty trailer on Rahimi’s truck during an operation on 1
September 2025, after monitoring the load from the Vidin–Kalafat entry toward Kapitan Andreevo.[1][2]The court press service valued the shipment at €1.409 million.[1][2]
The case opened in Haskovo on 1 September 2025, according to BTA.[1]Novini.bg said Rahimi will
serve the term under Bulgaria’s ordinary prison regime.[2]
Case data
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A Dupnitsa court approved a guilty plea and gave a 25-year-old man four months in prison for holding 1.16 g of marijuana, worth 11.87 euros, on two days in August 2026. A six-month sentence for an earlier marijuana offence was put into effect as well, because the new one fell in its probation period.
Kardzhali Regional Court sentenced 29-year-old S.K. on 9 October 2026 to two years and eight months in prison and a EUR 4,000 fine after he admitted holding 3.210 kg of marijuana for distribution in a suitcase in a car near Verben on 3 February 2026. The sentence is not final and may be appealed to Plovdiv.
Cannabis 3.21 kgPrison 2 years 8 monthsFine EUR 4,000
Varna District Court gave UK citizen Jody Macon a three-year suspended sentence and a BGN 9,900 fine on 18 February 2010 after he admitted growing 8.826 kg of marijuana in Osenovo. Police had raided the house he shared with two other Britons in July 2009; the cases against Michelle Wood and John Teague were dropped.
Charged 3Cannabis 8.826 kgPrison 3 years (suspended)Fine BGN 9,900