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Nessebar municipal councilor Peyko Yankov seized

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Following a ten-day search, the municipal councilor from the Black Sea town of Nessebar Peyko Yankov has been detained, the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office has said.

Charges have been brought against Yankov of being part of an organized criminal group for racketeering, beatings and trade in narcotic drugs. The group led by Dimitar Zhelyazkov a.k.a. The Eyes who is currently in jail in neighboring Turkey, was active in the region of Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast.




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