Interior Ministry Secretary Kalin Georgiev said 15 out of 23 kidnappers were captured in Sofia. Photo by BGNES
15 out of a total of 23 arrested members of the Bulgarian kidnappers’ gang have been captured by the police in the capital Sofia during the special operation codenamed “The Impudent”.
This has been announced by the Chief Secretary of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry, Kalin Georgiev.
The other eight arrests have been made in the northern city of Veliko Tarnovo. The operation was also carried out in the city of Montana in the northwest.
According to Bulgaria’s Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, there is indisputable evidence that the arrested persons are the ones responsible for the several high-profile kidnappings in Bulgaria in the last couple of years.