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Customs officers from the General Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation found 560 boxes with 28,000 protective masks hidden in the cargo hold of a minibus carrying steel washers. The freight minibus with Romanian registration arrived at the Lesovo Customs Checkpoint on April 9, 2020 at around 5 am, on the route “Incoming trucks” from … 🡆

During a joint action of the Customs Agency and the Economic Police Sector at the 07th Regional Police Department – Sofia of the Ministry of Interior, a channel for distribution of hookah tobacco on the territory of the country without a valid Bulgarian excise label was opened. On March 30, 2020, officers of the General … 🡆

The Customs Agency provided free of charge to the Bulgarian Red Cross 294,000 protective face masks, confiscated in favor of the state. The goods were detained on March 22, 2020 at the Kapitan Andreevo Customs Checkpoint. The masks were detained by customs officers of the General Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation during an inspection … 🡆

1360 kg of corcophane (filter paper) for the manufacture of tobacco products were seized by customs officers from DG Intelligence and Investigation on suspicion of shipment in breach of Regulation (EU) № 608/2013 on the protection of intellectual property rights. On March 16, 2020, late in the evening at the Danube Bridge II Vidin – … 🡆

Customs officers from the South Maritime Territorial Directorate found 4,610 boxes / 92,200 pieces / of cigarettes in the personal luggage of 20 passengers leaving for London through the Bourgas Airport Customs Checkpoint in recent days. The offenders are 15 Bulgarian and 5 British citizens. They traveled with regular flights from Bourgas to London from … 🡆

In the incinerator of the Enterprise for Management of Environmental Activities at the Ministry of Environment and Water 1296 kg of narcotic substances were burned, of which 217 kg of ecstasy, 831 kg of marijuana, 177 kg of heroin, 23 kg of amphetamine, 16 kg of hashish, 6 kg of cocaine and others. The narcotic … 🡆

Smuggled medicinal products to increase male potency were seized by DG Customs Intelligence and Customs officers. On 14.05. In 2020, a truck with Turkish registration arrives at the Bulgarian customs point, entering Bulgaria from Turkey. The driver of the truck declared that he was transporting commercial goods from Turkey to Germany and Belgium. The truck … 🡆