Security Police

Bulgaria's Ministry of the Interior has signaled its readiness to dispatch officers from various departments—such as the Border Police, Security Police, and if required, the Criminal Police—to assist in maintaining security during the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris this summer.

Stanimir Stanev has been released from the post of Deputy Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Stanev was in hospital for a long time. The previous deputy the chief secretary was released on the initiative of the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs because he is of retirement age.

Due to the increased traffic to the Southern Black Sea coast, the Burgas police launched a specialized operation. It is mainly directed against road control.

Four people were detained in a specialized police operation that began at midnight in the Avren village of Sindel.

The special operation is focused on vote buying and domestic crime.

"The detainees are mainly related to domestic crimes. However, there are reports of vote-buying in the entire region," said Commissioner Iliyan Iliev - head of the Security Police.

Policewoman Simona Radeva from "First Police Station-Sofia" has been temporarily removed from her position, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced. She is said to have helped Georgi Semerdzhiev, who caused the accident on "Cherni Vrah Boulevard" in the capital, in which two young women died.

Strict security measures are being taken by the Interior Ministry during the upcoming May 1 holiday weekend, the heads of the Security Police and Traffic Police departments said during a briefing on April 30.

Bulgarian police has launched a special countrywide operation against speeding today, which will last until 7 February, said the press office of the Veliko Tarnovo Directorate of the Ministry of Interior, quoted by Focus News Agency

Security police in Pyrgos in the Peloponnese said on Thursday that they have arrested five suspected members of a criminal organization behind a series of thefts, assaults and arson attacks and are seeking another five suspects believed to belong to the same ring, including a police officer based in Attica.

Twelve people, including the former governor for Central Macedonia Panagiotis Psomiadis, have been ordered to stand trial at a Thessaloniki misdemeanors court for an assault against the northern port city's Mayor Yiannis Boutaris last May.

Security police on Friday arrested a man in northern Athens for whom they had information that he was impersonating a police officer.

Officers who searched the suspect's house in Neo Psyhico discovered a police hat, a leather wallet with a police badge inside and photos of the suspect dressed in police uniform.