site.btaInternationally Wanted 30-year-old Foreign National Detained, Interior Ministry Says

A 30-year-old foreign national, who had been declared wanted internationally, was detained in Sofia, the Interior Ministry said in a press release Friday.

The police operation was carried out as a result of the good cooperation with German authorities. The man was wanted for drug trafficking. He was described by the German police as extremely aggressive and dangerous.

He was found driving a car with foreign registration plates in the center of Sofia. Police officers from the General Directorate National Police asked their colleagues from the Sofia Directorate of the Interior for assistance.

In the late afternoon, the car was stopped, and two foreign citizens - the wanted man and his companion - were detained for identification.