A senior Border Police officer detained while receiving 2,000 BGN bribe

A senior Border Police officer on November 11 was detained metres away from the building of the Border Police Directorate on the capital's “Maria Luisa” Boulevard while receiving a 2,000 BGN bribe.

The operation was carried out by the Ministry of Interior's Internal Security Service and the Sofia city Prosecutor’s Office.

The officer demanded a bribe from a company supplying technical means for border security.

Undercover officers and prosecutors waited for him to receive the bribe, after which he was arrested at an intersection on "Maria Louisa” boulevard.