Pazardzhik and Velingrad Detain Youths Over Synthetic Cannabinoid and Other Offenses Over the Weekend

The weekend in the Pazardzhik region passed under the sign of police checks and detentions for possession of synthetic cannabinoids and other offenses. Specialized teams from the Criminal Police Sector of the Pazardzhik Police Department conducted a search at an intersection in the regional city. There, two men from Peshtera, aged 23 and 27, were detained, with a total of 5 packets of drugs and a self-made cigarette containing synthetic cannabinoids found on them. At the same time, a patrol from the city police checked an 18-year-old teenager from Velingrad, who was carrying 3 packets of the same drug. After another check carried out by a police team from the East precinct, a 27-year-old man from Panagyurishte was detained, who was carrying 7 packets of synthetic cannabinoids.

Criminalists from the Septemvri Police Station established that a 36-year-old local citizen holds a small amount of dry marijuana. The five individuals are detained for 24 hours in the police stations’ detention facilities, with rapid proceedings opened against them under the supervision of the Pazardzhik Regional Prosecutor's Office. The same criminal proceedings were initiated against three drivers as well.

In another part of the day, a patrol from Pazardzhik Police Station stopped a 55-year-old scooter rider on the city street. It turned out that the man had a blood alcohol concentration above 1.2 promille and the vehicle was not registered.

Uniformed officers from Velingrad Police Station conducted a check on a 21-year-old driver from the resort area, who was driving a Volkswagen passenger car with foreign license plates. Colleagues from the Rakitevо precinct also checked a 71-year-old scooter rider, whose vehicle turned out to be unregistered and without license plates.

Source: TrafficNews