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Budimir Kujovic drug-smuggling case aims to cover up the current producers of synthetic drugs in Bulgaria


The work over the Kujovic drug-smuggling case aims to cover up the current producers of synthetic drugs in Bulgaria, former director of the special GDBOP division for combating organized crime, Vanyo Tanov declared Thursday.Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry Valentin Petrov is interested in covering up the activities of organisations that produce synthetic drugs and pay the police, Tanov said after a meeting of the temporary parliamentary committee investigating the case.According to the former anti-mafia cop, the alleged Serbian drug-smuggler Budimir Kujovic was arrested because he stopped paying the authorities.60 kg heroin were seized during a check up of car brand Mercedes Vaneo entering Bulgaria from Turkey at Kapitan Andreevo cross-border point, police press centre informed. The heroin was confiscated on Saturday at about 10.00am. and on Sunday the leader of the criminal group – Serbian drug boss Budimir Kujovic was detained.
On December 29, 2007 a car entering in the sate from Turkey was checked during joint police operation of Combating Organized Crime directorate of District Police Directorate-Stara Zagora, Chief Directorate Combating Organized Crime-Sofia and Combating Organized Crime directorate of District Police Directorate-Haskovo. About 116 packages containing 59,350 kg of heroin were seized. The packages had been put in a special made secretly place under the metal floor of the car.
The driver of the car was arrested as well as his company – 53-year-old man from Sofia and 30-year-old woman from Svoge and former customs employee from Svilengrad who was securing the transferring of the drug over the border.
Investigation found out that these were members of organized group led by Serbian citizen 39-year-old Budimir Kujovic dealing with drug traffic from turkey over the Balkans towards Serbia and western Europe. Budimir Kujovic is considered to be one of the major drug traffickers in the region.
One of the cases connected with his name was the shattering of a synthetic drugs lab on May 10 2002. It produced mainly amphetamine for export in Arabian states.
Heroin that was seized at cross-border point Kapitan Andreevo is at the amount of BGN 10 million. That surfaced at the press conference of the District Police Directorate in the town of Stara Zagora. Tanov also pointed out that the Kujovic case and the recent arrest of GDBOP deputy director Ivan Ivanov both show that there is corruption at the top levels of the Interior Ministry.
The Kujovic scandal sparked after the Serbian was arrested on December 30 in Bulgaria on suspicions of masterminding a drug smuggling channel. The arrest came as a surprise, as Kujovic had Bulgarian identification documents despite the imposed 10-year ban to enter the country, which he got in 2005 over accusations of running a laboratory for production of synthetic drugs.
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