Narcotic substances, tobacco and cigarettes without a label were seized, an unregulated connection to the electricity network was found, other crimes were also discovered and violations were detected during a specialized operation carried out on February 24 in the territory of the administrative districts of Sliven, Nova Zagora, Kotel and Tverditsa.

The operation is in fulfillment of an order of the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Chief Commissioner Petar Todorov, with the aim of effectively countering crime, protecting public order and ensuring police presence in vulnerable areas and small settlements, the press center of the regional directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs specifies.

Teams of the ODMVR-Sliven, the regional offices, Zonal Gendarmerie Office - Burgas, ODBH and RZI Sliven, RDG-Sliven, as well as DGS - Tverditsa, Nova Zagora and Kotel have carried out checks on 1262 persons, 902 vehicles, 13 points for buying ferrous and non-ferrous metals, 20 pawnshops, 31 car morgues, 53 commercial establishments, 71 drinking establishments and gaming halls.

6 pre-trial proceedings were instituted, 19 persons were detained with a police measure, 7 of them were declared a nationwide search with a different measure, 39 warning protocols were drawn up under Articles 64 and 65 of the Ministry of Interior.



During the operation, from private addresses and persons in the city of Sliven, 1 kg of tobacco without an excise label and about 10 g of dry leaf mass, which tested positive for marijuana, were seized.

An unregulated connection to the power grid was found in a private property, in the Terasite area near the town of Sliven.

Criminal investigators of the RU-Nova Zagora discovered the theft of power cables worth BGN 10,000, the perpetrators were arrested.

During an inspection at a private address in the "Shesti" district of Novozagorsk, narcotic substances in different packages were found and seized - detained for a man and a woman.

In a private property in the same neighborhood, about 4 kg of tobacco and 1,220 cigarettes without an excise label were seized.

During the operation, 14 acts and investigative protocols were drawn up for violations by employees of RDG-Sliven, RZI-Sliven, ODBH-Sliven, DGS-Kotel, Nova Zagora and Tvarditsa.

The operations on the territory of the Sliven ODMVR continue.