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Today, the Regional Prosecutor's Office – Plovdiv indicted a former policeman for the fact that in the period from 5.11.2021 to 22.05.2023 in Plovdiv. Plovdiv, as an official – senior investigating policeman in the "Investigation of Economic Crimes" Sector at the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Interior - Plovdiv, has embezzled BGN 26,000, which were material evidence in pre-trial proceedings.

The act is a crime under art. 201 para. 1 of the Criminal Code. At the beginning of November 2021, H.V. took from the vault of the Economic Police Sector the amount of BGN 26,000. The money was seized as material evidence in the pre-trial proceedings in which he led the investigation.

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Subsequently, the supervising prosecutor from the Regional Prosecutor's Office – Plovdiv ordered the return of the money to the entitled persons, i.e. those from whom it was seized.

The policeman did not return the amount and gave evasive answers as to why he had not complied with the order of the supervising prosecutor. On May 22, 2023, he left the system of the Ministry of Interior at his request.

In the course of an investigation into the case, the 32-year-old man was summoned to the Economic Police sector to explain the lack of money. Instead, yesterday, on May 30, 2023, he tried to leave the country in the direction of the Netherlands, but was found at Sofia Airport and detained for 24 hours under the Ministry of Interior Act, the prosecutor's office said.

Today, May 31, 2023, N.V. was detained for up to 72 hours by a decree of the supervising prosecutor from the Regional Prosecutor's Office – Plovdiv. The investigation activities are continuing.

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