31-year-old held on Struma motorway after cannabis test
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.
At about 16:25, traffic police stopped a Volkswagen passenger car for a check on
the Struma motorway.[1]The driver was a 31-year-old man from Blagoevgrad.[1]Officers of the Second District Police Department, Vtoro RU, were
investigating two separate cases of driving after the use of narcotic substances
and alcohol, both established within less than an hour.[1]
A test with a technical device recorded a positive result for amphetamine,
methamphetamine and cannabis.[1]The driver gave a blood sample for chemical
analysis and was detained for up to 24 hours.[1]
Police said the car was not owned by the man who was checked and was not seized.[1]Work on both cases continues under the supervision of the prosecutor’s
office.[1]
About half an hour later, an Opel driven by a 51-year-old resident of the
village of Yardzhilovtsi was checked at the junction of Yuri Gagarin Street and
Vladaysko Vastanie Street.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency
Second District Police Department
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Use
Setting
Vehicle
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Pernik Province
Date
Publication date
Sources
Инфомрежаinfomreja.bgBGАмфетамин, метамфетамин и канабис: Благоевградчанин е задържан на АМ „Струма“
Open questions the AI reported
The report gives no calendar day for the stop; 11 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
No cannabis was reported seized, so no weight or value is recorded.
The laboratory result of the blood sample was not published, so the roadside test is unconfirmed.
The man's name, any charge and any court outcome were not reported.
The exact point on the Struma motorway was not stated; the coordinates are for Pernik, where the same account places a separate stop half an hour later.
The account rests on one news report.
A separate alcohol-driving check of a 51-year-old man from Yardzhilovtsi, described in the same report, is not part of this case and is not counted in the figures.
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.
Sofia police detained a 48-year-old man in his Mladost flat on suspicion of selling drugs from the address, and a 32-year-old woman later the same evening. An expert report put his haul at over 290 grams of marijuana, and the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office charged both, ordering detention of up to 72 hours.
