Families of 'Cocaine Ship' Sailors: Bulgaria Didn't Investigate the Case

Crime | August 23, 2012, Thursday // 13:49|  views

Bulgarian PM Borisov met with relatives of the Bulgarian sailors detained on a cocaine ship in Spain. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria did not take part in the investigation that led to 3 tons of cocaine being captured on a Bulgarian ship off Spain last week, according to relatives of the 21 busted Bulgarian sailors.

The families have made this statement in a letter addressed to the media after they met with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Wednesday.

The families have now accused Borisov of unrightfully accusing the sailors before a trial has taken place in Spain.

They believe that the comments made by Borisov and Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov regarding the sailors' alleged guilt have been too hasty.

The families have also declared that they want to meet with Tsvetanov once he returns from his two-day working visit to Spain.

Tsvetanov is to meet with his Spanish counterpart Jorge Fernandez Diaz, National Police Director Ignacio Cosid? Guti?rrez, and the director of Spain's National Intelligence Centre against Organized Crime in order to discuss details on the case.

Last week, Spanish authorities nabbed 31 people, including 21 Bulgarians, after seizing 3 tons of cocaine brought from South America on a ship caught off the southern coast.

Bulgaria's Specialized Criminal Court released late on Monday two suspects allegedly involved in the immense cocaine shipment.

The suspects are Doychin Doychev, owner of the Burgas-based Seaborne Trade company and the SV Nikolay ship, and Ruslan Kolev, the man who recruited the ship's sailors.

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Tags: Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Boyko Borisov, sailors, ship, Spain, Cocaine, investigation

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