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Bulgarian Ship owner Charged over Cocaine Bust
Doychin Doychev is being investigated for alleged participation in a crime ring

Doychin Doychev, who owns the Bulgarian-flagged Saint Nikolay, raided by Spanish authorities on Monday, was charged with "participation in an organised crime group," prosecutors from the specialist organised crime office said.Twenty-one Bulgarian sailors were arrested after the ship was boarded by the coast guard and the officers found three tons of high-purity cocaine onboard. The raid took place some 80 kilometres (50 miles) off Cadiz.Doychev has been put in custody for seventy-two hours.The police also said that they planned to bring charges against Ruslan Kolev, the suspected chief organiser of the drug-smuggling operation, who was arrested in Sofia together with another man. Kolev may face charges for having organized the transportation of the cocaine load from South America ...Read