Specialized police operation with wide-ranging control on the Pazardzhik – Plovdiv road is underway

A planned specialized police operation using the method of “wide-ranging control” is taking place today in the Pazardzhik region. The activity is being conducted on the Pazardzhik – Plovdiv road, at the junction for the village of Govedare, police reported.

Teams from the Road Police sector, as well as from the Pazardzhik Regional Police Department, are participating. In addition, representatives from the Customs Agency, the Executive Agency “Automobile Administration,” the National Revenue Agency, the Road Infrastructure Agency, the Labor Inspectorate, and Bulgarian Toll are involved.

The drivers of light, light commercial, freight, and specialized vehicles, as well as the transported goods, are being checked. During the operation, attention is focused on the use of alcohol and narcotic substances, the driving licenses of the operators, and the technical condition of the vehicles. Where violations are established, acts or fines are issued, and participants from the other institutions carry out checks within their powers.

During the operation, a driver of a freight vehicle was identified who had operated after consuming alcohol. When checked with a technical device, a blood alcohol concentration of 0.98 per mille in the exhaled air was measured.

At the beginning of June, in the Pazardzhik region there was also an operation against the distribution of drugs, in which two people were detained.

Source: БТА