Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Half ton of Russian vodka, pharmaceuticals with narcotic substance seized at Danube Bridge checkpoint

Photo: Assya Pencheva

Customs officers at the Danube Bridge border checkpointhave intercepted more than half a ton of Russian vodka and pharmaceuticals with a narcotic substance. The delivery was spotted by inspectors from the Department for Combatting Drug Trafficking during a check of a bus with Russian registration. The bus was traveling from Russia to Greece and had entered Bulgaria via the Danube Bridge border checkpoint at Giurgiu – Rousse. After a thorough check of the bus boxes of alcohol without excise bands, labeled with leading brands were found, as well as pharmaceuticals from two brands, however containing the narcotic substance phenobarbital.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

EU commission disburses €438.6 million to Bulgaria under recovery plan

The European Commission has disbursed €438.6 million to Bulgaria as part of the second payment under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). On 3 October 2025, the Commission partially approved the payment, stating that Bulgaria "still needs to..

published on 11/11/25 2:39 PM

State Reserve and Wartime Stocks Agency Chairman: Bulgaria has sufficient quantities of fuel

Bulgaria has sufficient quantities of fuel and the 90-day reserves are secured at around 98%, Asen Asenov, Chairman of the State Reserve and Wartime Stocks State Agency, told bTV.  The country has a gasoline reserve for 35 days and a diesel reserve..

published on 11/11/25 11:20 AM

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Angelieva appointed Ambassador to Hungary

Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev has issued a decree appointing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Angelieva as Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Hungary. The decree was promulgated in State Gazette on Tuesday, reported BTA.  Maria Angelieva graduated..

published on 11/11/25 10:38 AM