16-year-old and 20-year-old held for marijuana in Pernik Province
Pernik police detained a 16-year-old boy in Yardzhilovtsi with about 18 grams of marijuana and, hours later, a 20-year-old woman near the central park in Pernik with more marijuana. Both were held for up to 24 hours and fast-track proceedings were opened.
🇧🇬 Yardzhilovtsi, Pernik Province, and Pernik central city park · Bulgaria
Police in Pernik Province detained a 16-year-old boy in the village of
Yardzhilovtsi and a 20-year-old woman near the central city park in Pernik in
two separate checks for drug possession.[1]Officers of Pernik’s First
District Police Department (Първо районно управление) carried out both checks.[2]Shortly before 16:00 on 4 November 2026, officers searched the teenager,
who is from the village of Cherna Gora, in Yardzhilovtsi and found a bag of
about 18 grams of dry green leaf matter and a cigarette butt.[1]A field drug
test on the substance reacted for marijuana.[1]The teenager was detained for
up to 24 hours.[2]
At about 40 minutes after midnight, officers checked the 20-year-old woman in
the area of Pernik’s central city park.[2]A search of the woman found a bag
of dry green leaf matter that also tested positive for marijuana in the field
test.[1]The woman was detained for up to 24 hours in police custody.[2]
Fast-track criminal proceedings were opened in both cases, and investigations
continue under the supervision of the prosecutor’s office.[2]The Pernik
regional police directorate described the same two detentions in its bulletin
for 5 November, calling the two detained people a boy and a girl.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The articles give 5 November 2026 as publication date and say the checks happened "yesterday", so 4 November 2026 is used as the incident date; the minute of the second check falls after midnight and may be early on 5 November.
No weight was published for the marijuana seized from the 20-year-old woman, so only the boy's 18 grams are recorded.
No street value was published for either seizure.
The field tests identified marijuana on site; no laboratory confirmation is reported.
No charges beyond the fast-track proceedings, no custody ruling and no court outcome were reported.
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.
