For another year, employees of the The Gendarmerie and the "Border Police" reported from the regional directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, quoted by BTA.
The routes of the teams have been agreed with the local authorities, and the teams will be gradually increased in the areas with cherry plantations, as well as at the harvest purchase points. It will be ensured that the work in the fields is suspended after 8:00 p.m., for the observance of the rules, for the hiring of workers for harvesting and transporting them from the agricultural fields, as well as for the working hours of the points for buying cherries.
The security operation takes place on the territory of the municipalities served by Kyustendil RU and Bobov dol RU.
Until today, no encroachments have been registered, added the police. From there, they added that the specialized security and preventive operation will continue until the completion of the harvest of agricultural produce in the district.
The protection of the cherry groves in Kyustendilsko started from the beginning of June. About 20 thousand acres of cherry plantations are in the territory of Kyustendil municipality alone.
Years ago there were also deaths when farmers tried to protect their crops.