The police in Varna have uncovered a drug greenhouse, the press center of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the seaside city announced.
As part of an operation to counter the production and distribution of narcotics, officers of the “Criminal Police“ department, together with their colleagues from the Fifth Regional Directorate, have inspected a property in the “Chaika“ area, inhabited by a 60-year-old man.
In the house, forensic experts found three rooms adapted as greenhouses, equipped with a humidity and temperature control system, ventilation and 600 plants grown in different stages of growth. The police found and seized a dry herb mass and a large electronic scale.
The total value of the confiscated equipment and the prepared dry, green herb mass is over 120,000 leva.
The offender, who is a foreign citizen and in whose country drug-related crimes are punishable by life imprisonment, was detained in custody for a period of 24 hours.
The actions to document the criminal activity continue under the supervision of the District Prosecutor's Office. Currently, pre-trial proceedings have been initiated in the case.