A complete of 5 individuals have been detained following an operation by the Counterfeiting Division of the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GDCOC), Interior Ministry Secretary General Georgi Kandev stated in a Facebook submit Tuesday.
Four of them – two Bulgarian and two Romanian residents – had been arrested on Monday throughout an operation by the GDCOC Counterfeiting Unit whereas finishing up a transaction involving counterfeit cash.
Two of the suspects, a Romanian and an Italian nationwide, had made common visits to Bulgaria associated to the manufacturing and distribution of counterfeit EUR 100 banknotes. A complete of EUR 1,212,300 has to this point been discovered in Sofia, he added.
Investigative actions have additionally led authorities to Pazardzhik (South Bulgaria), the place an extra EUR 200,000 and one kilogram of cocaine had been found. An Italian citizen has been detained there, Kandev stated.
He added that work on the case can be persevering with on the territory of Romania.
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