Two
senior officials from the Chief Directorate for Combatting Organised Crime have
been arrested. Another person, who is not a manager, was also detained. The
head of the Anti-Drugs Trafficking Department is in custody after receiving a
bribe, Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev said at an extraordinary briefing on June
26.
The
operation for the arrests began after 5 pm last night and is related to recent
findings of large quantities of drugs.
The
Chief Prosecutor announced that the operation was carried out by the Specialised
Prosecutor's Office and the Internal Security Directorate of the Ministry of
Interior.
He
announced that at the moment he could not disclose further details about the operation
because an investigation is ongoing.
"However,
when we have circumstances and facts that we can share, we will openly disclose
them to the public," he said.
Geshev
admitted that he had known the arrested senior police chief for a long time.
"I
am shocked and extremely disappointed," he said.
“We
must remove those who work for crime, not those who work against crime,"
said prosecutor №1.
I
again thank all the police officers who work diligently against the criminals
who poison our children with drugs, the chief prosecutor said.
"The
Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Interior are, and continue to be,
uncompromising in all cases. And we do not differentiate on the basis of who
violates the law and from which institution. It is in the interest of Bulgarian
citizens to clean the house ourselves," he noted.
Interior
Minister Mladen Marinov, in turn, pointed out that he had ordered the
professional management of the Chief Secretary Ivan Ivanov to make an analysis
of the work of the directorate for combating organised crime mainly their anti-
drug trafficking activities.
"We will discuss with the prime minister and decide on changes in the structure and
staff in order to clear the name of the directorate and the employees who work
there," he added.
Чуй новините
Подкаст
