Police in Septemvri detained a 30-year-old local man as a suspected drug dealer, alongside two other men held for possessing drugs, all in the 24 hours before the police statement.[1] Officers from the criminal police group at the Septemvri police directorate searched the 30-year-old’s home and found four polythene bags of dry green leaf mass.[1] A field drug test identified the material as marijuana weighing more than 205 grams in total, and police said it had been prepared for sale.[1] The man was held in custody and fast-track proceedings are being conducted against him under the supervision of the district prosecution service in Pazardzhik.[1]

The three arrests came in separate police drug checks in the Pazardzhik region, one suspect for dealing and the other two for possessing drugs.[2] In a separate case, police from the Belovo station spotted a 37-year-old man from Pernik and searched a home he occupies in the town, finding small quantities of amphetamine and cannabis.[1]

On 2 November, criminal police stopped a 19-year-old from Septemvri for a check on the road between Pazardzhik and Belovo and found a small bag of green leaf mass and part of a cigarette containing a synthetic cannabinoid.[1] Fast-track proceedings are also under way against the Belovo suspect and the 19-year-old, supervised by the district prosecution service in Pazardzhik.[3]

The accounts came from the press centre of the Pazardzhik regional Interior Ministry directorate.[1] The largest amount of drug was found at the Septemvri home of the 30-year-old, with more than 205 grams of marijuana prepared for distribution.[4]