Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Nigerians control cocaine traffic through Bulgaria

Photo: BGNES

A criminal group headed by Nigerian nationals controls the traffic of cocaine through Bulgaria to Western Europe, Stefan Bakalov from the Bulgarian Customs Agency told the Bulgarian National Radio on Wednesday. He pointed out that in the past few months the authorities seized 5 kilograms of cocaine at Sofia Airport. This is a fairly small quantity, but the multiple smuggling attempts prove that cocaine traffic through Bulgaria is controlled by a large criminal organization, Stefan Bakalov said. He added that the criminal groups have been attempting to import new types of synthetic drugs from China. In Stefan Bakalov’s words, the flights from Amsterdam are in the high-risk category, because the authorities intercepted attempts for traffic of amphetamine.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Slavi Trifonov

ITN returns the mandate for cabinet unfulfilled and new elections are forthcoming

Tomorrow, ITN will return to President Rumen Radev the third mandate for forming a government that has not been fulfilled, the leader of the party Slavi Trifonov announced on his Facebook page. Slavi Trifonov recalled the..

published on 8/4/24 4:20 PM

Most of the unemployed have no professional qualifications

Most unemployed people in Bulgaria do not have a professional qualification, the Employment Agency reports. For just a year, the number of people without special skills increased by 8% and is nearly 87 thousand. The data also..

published on 8/4/24 3:41 PM

Bulgaria ranks second in Europe when it comes to forest fires

Bulgaria is in second place after Cyprus in the ranking of forest fires in Europe in 2024, according to the European Forest Fire Information System. About 600 forest fires break out in this country every year, affecting..

published on 8/4/24 12:10 PM