GDBOP conducted a specialized police operation to neutralize criminal activity related to extortion of Bulgarian citizens and accompanied by threats of murder and seizure of property.
The operation was carried out on the territory of the Yambol and Plovdiv districts on February 28, 2025 by GDBOP officers from the sectors in Shumen, Sliven and Plovdiv, under the supervision of the District Prosecutor's Office – Shumen, the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
At the time of confiscation of a passenger car from injured persons near Yambol, four men were arrested, three of whom were foreign citizens. Immediately afterwards, another participant in the crime committed on the territory of the city of Plovdiv was also detained.
Three of the detainees were brought as defendants and a permanent measure of "detention in custody" was imposed on them.
The relevant consular authorities were notified of the arrest of the foreign citizens through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
During the procedural and investigative actions, searches of the detainees, searches of two addresses and one motor vehicle were carried out. Mobile phones and documents related to the criminal activity, as well as a quantity of narcotic substances, were seized.