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7 policemen and head of police station detained in Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s caretaker Minister of Interior Boyko Rashkov
Photo: BGNES

The District Prosecutor’s Office- Plovdiv and Home Security Directorate of the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior have detained 7 Police officers from the 3rd Regional Police Station in Plovdiv. The police station’s head Samuil Hadzhiev and five civilians have been also arrested during the operation. We have been preparing the operation in the past six month, announced Rumen Popov, District prosecutor of Plovdiv. The Prosecutor’s Office is investigating corrupt practices, prostitution, malfeasance and other crimes, informed the correspondent of the BNR in Plovdiv Kremena Daneva.

Bulgaria’s caretaker Minister of Interior Boyko Rashkov said in Plovdiv that he had dismissed Chief Commissioner Georgi Hadzhiev, Head of the Sofia Metropolitan Directorate of Interior. Prosecutors in Plovdiv have launched pretrial proceeding for vote buying as well, added Minister Rashkov.




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