20-year-old held in Vidin with 0.78 g of cannabis in a cigarette
Police in Vidin detained a 20-year-old man from the village of Gamzovo after patrol officers found a hand-rolled cigarette holding about 0.78 grams of green leafy material that resembled cannabis. The cigarette was seized and a file was opened under article 354a of the Criminal Code.
Police in Vidin detained a 20-year-old man from the village of Gamzovo after
patrol officers found a hand-rolled cigarette on him during a check.[1]The
check took place in the Krum Bachvarov residential quarter of Vidin in the late
hours of 10 November 2026.[1]Officers seized the cigarette and took the man
to the arrest facility at RU-Vidin, the regional police department for the town.[1]
The cigarette held about 0.78 grams of green, dry and leafy material.[1]According to the police account, the material resembled cannabis in appearance
and smell.[1]
A file was opened in the case under article 354a of the Criminal Code, the
provision that covers drug offences.[1]The Vidin police did not name the man,
giving only his age and home village.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
780 mg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (780 mg)
Activity
Possession
Setting
Street or public place
Charge
drug offence under article 354a of the Criminal Code
The article dates the detention only to the late hours of "last night", so 10 November 2026, the night before its 11 November publication, is used as the incident date.
The material is described only as resembling cannabis in appearance and smell; no field test or laboratory result is reported.
No charge sheet, measure of restraint or court step is reported beyond the opening of a file under article 354a.
The account does not say where the man obtained the material or whether he said it was for his own use.
The whole account rests on one local outlet's report of the Vidin police statement.
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