Bulgaria Police Bust Bus Company for Turkey Gold Smuggling

The bus company that regularly traveled through Bulgaria on transit carried the hidden gold. Photo by Bulgaria Customs Agency

Bulgaria police have discovered a gold smuggling channel that involved a bus company transporting gold and gold products to and fro across the Bulgaria – Turkey border.

Police from the Department for Combating Organized crime in Burgas uncovered the scheme that used the Malko Tarnovo border crossing point. In the scheme a producer of gold and silver ornaments used a bus firm to transport goods from Istanbul to Bulgarian partners – they offered unhindered delivery of ordered jewelry from them against a very low cost.

The bus company that regularly traveled through Bulgaria on transit carried the hidden gold. They had a commitment for distribution of jewelry in Bulgaria and on the way back to Turkey they carried scrap gold and money.

The police detained a son and father from Panagyurishte, and a 38-year-old Turk, who was a driver of the company ‘Vardar’ company from Turkey.

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