Police officers of RU-Gotse Delchev detained three men at the time of carrying out a drug deal, the police in Blagoevgrad announced.

The detainees are 21 and 27 years old from the village of Ribnovo, Garmen municipality, and a 26-year-old distributor from Gotse Delchev.

The arrest took place in the afternoon hours yesterday, in the city hall.

"Danube" in the town of Gotse Delchev, the police said.

Large-scale inspection for road safety in the area of ​​Veliko Tarnovo

In the course of working on the case, the law enforcement authorities checked the residence of the 26-year-old man, where they found and seized an electronic scale and three polyethylene bags containing a total of about 238 grams of dry herbaceous mass that tested positive for cannabis. 

The three were detained for 24 hours, pre-trial proceedings were initiated in the case.

Work on the case continues, the police said.