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Bulgaria’s Police seizes 70 kilograms of marijuana near Pazardzhik

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Bulgaria’s criminal police seized a huge quantity of marijuana in the village of Pishtigovo( Pazardzhik district). A twenty eight year-old man from Varna was detained during the police operation. He was using two abandoned plots nearby his house to grow marijuana. The seized quantity was of very high quality and weighs approximately 70 kilograms. The detainee does not have a criminal record. Prosecutor’s office has started to investigate the case.




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