Border police burn 526 cannabis plants in six Ograzhden fields, two held
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.
🇧🇬 Ograzhden mountain, Petrich municipality, Blagoevgrad Province · Bulgaria
Border police found six cannabis fields holding 526 plants in Ograzhden mountain
in Petrich municipality, the Interior Ministry said.[1]The finds were made in
a special operation against the sowing, growing and distribution of narcotics in
the area covered by the Zlatarevo border police unit.[1]
On 19 July officers found two fields holding a total of 330 plants that tested
positive for cannabis and weighed a total of 757 kg in the land of Zoychene,
Petrich municipality.[1]Two Bulgarian citizens from the region were held at
the scene over the growing of the crop.[1]
On 22 July, in a separate field in the land of the village of Krandzhilitsa, the
Zlatarevo officers found 55 plants that tested positive for cannabis, weighing
82.5 kg of green mass.[1]On 23 July, in the land of the village of Dragush,
officers found three fields holding 141 cannabis plants weighing 245.5 kg of
green mass.[1]The total weight of the cannabis came to 245.5 kg of green
mass.[1]
After samples were taken for the investigation, the plants were uprooted, tied
into bundles and destroyed by a commission set up for the purpose.[1]
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Arrested
2
Plants destroyed
526
Cannabis
1.085 t
Sites
6
Agency
Гранично полицейско управление Златарево
Agency type
Border guard
Cannabis
Living plants (526 plants)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Field, Forest or wild land
Case stage
Under investigation
Force
No force reported
Operation
19 Jul 2025 – 23 Jul 2025
Region
Blagoevgrad Province
Sources
ПИРИНСКОpirinsko.comBGУдар на полицията: Откриха огромни плантации с канабис в Огражден планина, унищожиха над тон растения (СНИМКИ)
Open questions the AI reported
No charges, pre-trial proceedings or court outcome are reported for the two men held at Zoychene.
The article gives no total area for the six fields, so no hectare figure is recorded.
The article is the only opened account of this operation; the Interior Ministry statement it reports could not be found or opened.
The report is dated 24 July 2025 and gives separate dates for each find; 19 July 2025, the first reported date, is used as the incident date and the operation's start.
The article prints 245.5 kg as the total weight of the cannabis, but that figure is the weight of the Dragush plants alone; the 1,085 kg total here is their sum with the 757 kg and 82.5 kg given for the other fields.
The 82.5 kg and 245.5 kg figures are given only as green mass, not dried cannabis.
The three page pictures carry no credit and their captions repeat the article title, so it is not established what each one shows.
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