Mitov admitted: Senior police officers have been removed for the cigarette case, but only now

Deputy Director of the Directorate-General for Combating Organized Kalin Litov has been removed from his post yesterday, Interior Minister Daniel Mitov announced at the Interior Minister Daniel Mitov today. The occasion is a case since November last year, which is thought to have ordered an operation in a smuggled cigarette warehouse.

« The case has been known to the Ministry of Interior and has been working on it since 2024, » the minister said. He added that the inspection began on November 29, during the Interior Minister Atanas Ilkov. The interesting thing, however, is that the removal of Lithuania happens only after the BOEC Association revealed details of the attempt to fail the action.

« At the beginning of the inspection, the head of the State Security Council-Plovdiv goes on vacation and practically does not take effect on the management and control of the department, » Mitov explained. He added that the results of the inspection were collected in a report, which, however, was classified.

« The report was finalized on January 17th. Disciplinary violations were committed by management officials and employees of executive positions. During the inspection, data on personality conflicts were found between executive and sector management and department, » the minister told MPs.

According to myth, the materials were sent to the Director of the State Security Council, with 10 disciplinary proceedings subsequently initiated. The report was also sent to the prosecutor’s office because of the irregularities established.

« Currently, the territorial structure of the State Security Council in Plovdiv is managed by a new leadership. On March 10, my order replaced the head of the sector.

Operation

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From the information spread so far, it is clear that five months ago, employees of the organized crime unit in Plovdiv notice a dubious pickup and after being tracked to fall into a smuggled cigarette storage depot. There is a truck in the base that unloads tobacco masterboxs.

Through a secret chat in the « WhatsApp » app (part of which was distributed by a fighter), police seek permission from their executives to attack the warehouse and detain the people in it. Instead, they receive an order from the « highest place », according to MP Atanas Atanasov, to terminate the operation.

According to the BOP, the order was issued by the Deputy Director of the Directorate General for Combating Organized Crime Kalin Litov and was announced to the team by the head of the Plovdiv Service unit Marian Mitkov. Police officers refuse to terminate the operation, accepting orders as unlawful and as a result, 3000 Masters were captured, with cigarettes for BGN 8 million. However, disciplinary proceedings were filed against the operation, according to BOE and PP-DB.

The action on November 21, 2024 was widely reflected by the media, and the Plovdiv district prosecutor Petar Petrov points out that this is one of the largest quantities of smuggled cigarettes found in Bulgaria and thanks to all who worked for the discovery of the scheme. According to him, she showed the excellent interaction between the Ministry of Interior and the prosecutor’s office.

Mirchev: The hit channel is connected to Peevski

The fighter today accused Daniel Mitov of lying, pointing out that Marian Mitkov has been hospitalized and hid for months, and no checks have been formed against Kalin Litov and has not been dismissed. Georgi Georgiev from the association visited the building, which houses the BOP sector in Plovdiv, where they told him that Mitkov was at work yesterday. Tomorrow, the fighter is organizing a protest in front of the Ministry of Interior building asking Mitov to resign.

Ivaylo Mirchev from « We continue the change – Democratic Bulgaria » today announced that the hit smuggled channel is related to Delyan Peevski and Christoforos Amanatidis – Taki and their proxies in Plovdiv. « Money is probably for buying votes in the election, » he added. Georgi Georgiev of the fighter, however, claims that Kalin Litov, who was appointed to the post at the time when the Minister is the current MP from MRF Kalin Stoyanov, is the man of Delyan Peevski.