Seven arrested and charged with migrant smuggling in Plovdiv

Seven people have been arrested and charged with helping Afghan and Syrian nationals cross illegally into the country. This was announced at a police briefing in Plovdiv on June 17.

The briefing included Petar Petrov - district prosecutor, Dimitar Kostov - prosecutor in the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Plovdiv, Commissioner Marian Mitkov - head of department 11 at the General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime and Ivan Kukov - department 11 at the General Directorate for Combatting Orgnaised Crime.