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The District Prosecutor's Office in Plovdiv charged eight men and one woman, aged between 23 and 50, for drug possession.

They participated in a scheme for the distribution of high-risk narcotic substances in large quantities - marijuana with a total weight of about 12 kg, worth nearly BGN 72,000.

Two of them committed the act in the conditions of a dangerous relapse.

Two others, including the woman, have also been charged with growing marijuana on the territory of Vratsa.

In the case, it was established that from January to March 2023, in Stamboliyski, Sopot and Plovdiv, one of the defendants distributed various types and varieties of marijuana wholesale and retail.

He obtained the narcotic substance from other defendants who grew it on the territory of a villa area in the Vratsa region.

In the course of operative-search activities conducted under the supervision of the District Prosecutor's Office - Plovdiv, together with the Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Plovdiv and the GDBOP, it was established that another delivery from Vratsa was expected on March 28, 2023, and after receiving it, it should have been carried out distribution on the territory of the above-mentioned settlements.

Procedural-investigative actions were carried out in the case, including 22 searches and seizures in homes and vehicles occupied and used by the accused persons.

Different quantities of the narcotic substance - marijuana, as well as a small amount of amphetamine - were found and seized there.

In Plovdiv, they hit a group for the supply and distribution of drugs throughout the country

Today, the District Prosecutor's Office in Plovdiv submitted a request to the court for a measure of remand "detention in custody" against five of the accused.

The remaining four were set on bail in the amount of BGN 3,000 to BGN 10,000.

Later today, the Plovdiv court will consider their detention measures, reports BNT.

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