Bulgaria Police Arrest Drugs Kingpin over Radio Host Threats

Tsankov called the police while being chased. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency

Bulgaria Police have arrested drugs kingpin ‘Jacket’ (Sako) in Sofia late Friday after he chased former radio host Bobi Tsankov through the streets of the capital in his car.

‘Jacket’ is also reported to have made previous threats against Tsankov’s life. Tsankov called the police while being chased.

Tsankov said that he had been chased in his car from the South Park in Sofia to the traffic lights in the City Center from where he managed to escape. He alleged ‘Jacket’ was attempting to stop him writing about another famous mafia boss Metodi Metodiev a.k.a. Meto Ilienski being alive when he was thought by the authorities to be dead.

The police have deatined ‘Jacket’ for 24 hours of questioning. Information in the media suggests that he is one of the main 'drug lords' in Sofia.

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