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Bulgarian police seized 339 antique coins from illegal treasure hunters in the Rhodoppe Mountains. File photo
A large number of antique coins have been seized by Bulgarian police from illegal treasure hunters.
The police operation had been conducted Sunday in the region of the eastern Rhodoppe Mountains, according to the Interior Ministry's press center.
Two men, ages 36 and 56, have been arrested in the village of Solishte and the town of Dzhebel. Both have criminal records.
339 coins, tools for the making of counterfeit coins, a stamp, coin-making metal and a riffle have been seized, along with four very valuable antique coins that have been found in the house of the 36-year-old man in the city of Plovdiv.
A specialized police operation targeting vote buying has led to the arrest of three individuals in the town of Byala Slatina, authorities confirmed
Three of the four foreign nationals injured in the knife attacks in central Sofia have been discharged from hospital after receiving medical treatment, health institutions confirmed
Authorities in Sofia have seized a significant quantity of narcotics during a coordinated operation
Bulgarian authorities carried out a targeted operation in Burgas to combat election-related crimes, resulting in six people being detained. Three of the cases led to pre-trial proceedings, while the other three were documented in official files.
The Bulgarian authorities carried out a major operation against counterfeit currency, seizing more than one million euros in fake banknotes in Sofia and detaining four people
The Ministry of Interior has announced the dismissal of several top officials, including the heads of the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, the General Directorate for National Police, and the General Directorate for Gendarmerie, Special
A young man from Chirpan has died after spending months in a coma following a violent assault that reportedly began over a dispute involving cigarettes
A 53-year-old man with a criminal record has been detained in Bulgaria during a targeted police operation against vote buying, carried out in the village of Brestnitsa in the Lovech region
A criminal network linked to Bulgaria has been accused of defrauding dozens of elderly people in northern Greece through an elaborate telephone scam that resulted in losses exceeding 600,000 euros, according to Kathimerini.
A premeditated murder investigation is underway after a violent incident in the village of Kokalyane near Sofia, where a man is accused of fatally stabbing another person inside a garage that had been adapted for living
Italian authorities have launched an investigation into a large-scale scheme involving the illegal export of hazardous waste to Eastern Europe, with five Bulgarian nationals among those under scrutiny
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