site.btaBus Carrying 24 Migrants Intercepted in Southeast Bulgaria

A bus carrying 24 migrants was intercepted on Sunday evening near the Black Sea resort village of Lozenets, Southeast Bulgaria, General Directorate Border Police head Anton Zlatanov told bTV on Monday. The driver was a Bulgarian national.

 “This is everyday occurrence, we apprehend such groups every day and every night,” said Zlatanov.

On August 23, the Border Police intercepted a van with the same number of migrants in the same region. 

The main pressure on the Bulgarian-Turkish border is in the east, in the area of Malko Tarnovo and Rezovo, explained Chief Commissioner Zlatanov. He emphasized that traffickers on the Turkish side are also using drones. Zlatanov assured that the Bulgarian border authorities are working intensively around the clock.