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Over half a million British pounds were found by the customs officers of Kapitan Andreevo BCP in a refrigerator unit of a truck
A new attempt to transfer a large amount of undeclared currency was prevented by the customs officers of the Kapitan Andreevo BCP.
On 04.07.2022 a truck with Turkish registration arrived at the checkpoint on its way from Germany via Bulgaria to Iraq. The truck selected for customs inspection. During the inspection of the semi-trailer's refrigeration unit as well as in the instrument panel in the driver's cab revealed polythene bags containing £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes. The total amount of discovered undeclared currency is 531,315 British pounds with the BGN equivalent of 1,208,890 BGN.
Rapid proceedings were instituted in the case by an investigating customs inspector under the supervision of the Haskovo District Prosecutor's Office - Svilengrad Territorial Department.
The driver D.K., 36 years old, a Turkish citizen, was brought in as an accused and detained for a period of up to 72 hours by decree of a prosecutor from the Haskovo District Prosecutor's Office.
