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Georgi Semerdzhiev’s blood positive for methamphetamine

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The blood of Georgi Semerdzhiev, who caused a serious road accident in Sofia on July 5, claiming the lives of two young women, was positive for methamphetamine, the BNR reported. The blood samples were taken 30 hours after Semerdzhiev’s detention. Initially he had refused to provide a specimen of blood, but this happened after a court ruling.

Semerdzhiev was charged with causing the death of two people, drug possession, drug driving, driving with counterfeit license plates and driving with a fake driver’s license.



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