5 Bulgaria Policemen Sacked over Criminal Charges
Crime | April 7, 2010, Wednesday // 14:32| views3 traffic policemen from the Black Sea city of Varna, who have been involved in corruption practices, have been charged and released on bail. File Photo
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has fired 4 policemen from the country’s two major Black Sea cites – 3 from Varna and 1 from Burgas.
A 5th policeman has been fired in the central town of Pavlikeni.
The news was reported Wednesday by the Interior Ministry press center. Pre-trial proceedings have begun against all 5.
The Regional Police Directorate in the city of Varna received at the end of January a signal from citizens that 3 traffic policemen have been involved in corruption practices. After a prosecutor’s probe all 3 have been charged and released on bail.
At the end of March, another probe established that a policeman from the Burgas Precinct had been part of a scheme involving auto-theft scheme and the return of the cars to their owners against a ransom. The Burgas police officer is also charged and released on bail.
At the very end of March, a search of the house of the Pavlikeni policeman found illegal weapons and ammunitions. The police had also a search warrant for the house of the brother of the Pavlikeni police officer. They found inside two hand-made rifles and a large amount of illegal drugs.
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