Bulgarian Tries to Cross Romanian Border by Pushing Stolen Car

Business | January 27, 2012, Friday // 15:05
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Tries to Cross Romanian Border by Pushing Stolen Car A Romanian border police have apprehended a Bulgarian man aged 32 trying to cross a border by pushing a stolen car in front of him. Photo by BGNES

Romanian police have launched an investigation against a Bulgarian citizen who tried to cross the Nadlac border crossing point by pushing a stolen car.

The 32-year-old man appeared at the border crossing point, pushing a VW Golf, and told the Romanian authorities that he was travelling in that peculiar manner because he had no driver's license, Bulgarian private TV channel bTV reported on Friday, citing Romanian media.

Asked to present the vehicle's documents, the Bulgarian citizen showed a certificate of registration, a temporary license plate ticket issued by the German authorities and a purchase contract signed between natural persons.

The officers conducted a brief check and found that the car had been stolen in Germany.
At that point, the man confessed that the car was from Germany but said that he had bought it for EUR 300 without knowing that it had been stolen.

The vehicle has been seized the period of investigation, while the Bulgarian citizen has been charged with document fraud and concealment, according to reports from the Romanian border police.

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