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After the action in the "Customs" Agency: 7 arrested, 17 search reports, bundles and drugs

Prosecutors are expected to say later today which of the seven detainees will be charged and whether permanent detention will be sought for some of them

Apr 4, 2024 13:07 789

After the action in the "Customs" Agency: 7 arrested, 17 search reports, bundles and drugs - 1

17 protocols from yesterday's searches of addresses related to those detained in the action of the National Security Agency and the Anti-Corruption Commission have been submitted for approval to the Sofia City Court (SGS), BNR reported.

The reason - the actions of the investigation, which is conducted against an organized criminal group for smuggling, money laundering, bribery and official crimes, have started under the conditions of urgency.

7 are the detainees in the first case of the new Anti-Corruption Commission, among them the head of the "Customs" Agency. Petya Bankova and her deputy Lyudmil Marinov.

Unofficially, the prosecutor's office said that during the searches of addresses in Sofia and Haskovo, documents, computers, large sums of money and a white substance, which is supposed to be cocaine, were seized.

During searches in Pazardzhik, 1,500 master boxes of cigarettes were found.

The prosecutor's office is expected to say later today which of the seven detainees will be charged and whether permanent detention will be sought for some of them.