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

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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.



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