site.btaCustoms Officers Seize Cocaine Worth Approximately BGN 2 Mln at Vasil Levski Sofia Airport

Customs officers found 7 kg of cocaine in the suitcases of a female passenger at Vasil Levski Sofia Airport, the Customs Agency said on Tuesday.

On March 21, 2025, customs officers selected for inspection the luggage of a citizen of Peru travelling on the route Sao Paulo - Istanbul - Sofia. In the course of control actions it was found that in the side frames of the two suitcases of the female passenger was impregnated high-risk narcotic substance - cocaine. The total gross weight of the side frames, in which the narcotic substance was concealed, was 7.029 kg. Its value according to the tariffs of the judicial proceedings is about BGN 2 million.

The narcotic substance was seized. Pre-trial proceedings have been initiated. By a decree of the supervising prosecutor, the passenger was detained for up to 72 hours, within which the prosecutor asked the court to take the most severe detention measure against her, the press release said.