Sofia District Prosecutor's Office brought to criminal responsibility a citizen of Romania who illegally assisted foreigners to cross into the country, BNT reported.
On 20.11.2024 around 09:35 on st. “Ring Road“ in the city Sofia, the accused illegally assisted 8 persons of Syrian and Egyptian origin to cross into the country in violation of the law. An "Audi" car was used for this purpose, and the foreigners were minors. The detainee disobeyed the authorities by failing to stop when a sound and light signal was issued by police officers and caused an accident with their official car.
The Romanian was already convicted with an effective sentence for the same act and was on probation.
In this case, pre-trial proceedings have been initiated for a crime punishable by imprisonment. Given the possibility of absconding or committing another crime, the Romanian was detained for a period of up to 72 hours by decree of a supervising prosecutor.
A request is to be submitted to the court to determine a measure of remand “detention in custody“ against the accused.