A DANS action is taking place in Sofia this morning, BNR announced.
Various locations in the capital are being checked. According to our information, addresses are being searched in the "Boyana" district, a well-known hotel in the capital's "Lozenets" district, as well as other addresses near it.
According to BNT sources, the director of the "Customs" Agency was arrested. Petya Bankova, as well as her deputy Ludmil Marinov. According to unofficial information, before he joined the "Customs" Agency at the beginning of March, Marinov was an employee of DANS.
At this time, this information is unofficial, with law enforcement neither confirming nor denying this.
There is currently an increased police presence in front of the agency.
According to the information, the DANS operation is related to the investigation of suspected smuggler Nikolay Nikolov - Pascal and his possible connections through which smuggling was carried out.
Besides Sofia, the DANS operation is also underway in Haskovo.