25-year-old held with 2.2 kg of marijuana on Trakia motorway
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.
Officers from the anti-criminal-crime sector of the Pazardzhik police
directorate carried out an operation against the possession and distribution of
drugs alongside traffic police officers.[1][2]On the Trakia motorway near
Pazardzhik, officers stopped a Peugeot car driven by a 25-year-old resident of
the village of Rogosh in Plovdiv Province.[1][2]Police established that the
driver was behind the wheel under the influence of cocaine.[1][3][2]He was detained
for up to 24 hours in the detention facility of the Pazardzhik police precinct.[1][2]
Inside the car, officers discovered four vacuum-sealed polythene bags containing
dried leaf material of flower heads and inflorescences.[1][3][2]A field drug test
reacted positively for marijuana, yielding a total seized weight of 2.2
kilograms.[4][3][2]The vehicle and the drugs were seized, and pre-trial proceedings
were initiated under the supervision of the Pazardzhik District Prosecutor’s
Office.[5][3][2]
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Seized bags of marijuana from the Peugeot stopped on the Trakia motorway.Photo details
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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.
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