Bulgaria Drug Boss Sentenced to Four Years and Five Months

In January 2008, Zhelyazkov was convicted of organizing an armed group, drug dealing and drug trafficking. Photo by BGNES

The Bulgarian drug boss, Dimitar Zhelyazkov, aka Mityo "Ochite" ("The Eyes") has been sentenced to four years and five months in prison for taking part in a crime group based in Vratsa.

Dimitar Zhelyazkov made full confession and signed an agreement in the prosecution last week that involved the Vratsa based alleged criminal group run by Dancho ‘Prucha' (‘Billy Goat').

He confessed his part in an organized criminal group for drug dealing, procuring, and bending to prostitution in the South-Western city of Vratsa.

The sentence is final and cannot be appealed. Zhelyazkov will spend the rest of it in the Belene Prison under strict regime. The court also acknowledged the nearly two years he spent in jail so far.

Zhelyazkov signed an agreement with the prosecution in 2008 and admitted being guilty to drug distribution and the organization of a criminal group, which led to his 4,5 year jail sentence.

He was recently moved back to the prison in Belene, after fighting with another prisoner.

Zhelyazkov spent several days in a prison dorm in the town Kazichene, the site of the barbecue, before being transfered back to the Belene prison.

In January 2008, Zhelyazkov was convicted of organizing an armed group, drug dealing and drug trafficking.

The minimum sentence for his crimes is five years but Bulgarian law stipulates that a person who makes confessions must receive a sentence below the minimum.

 

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