8070 textile products and 680 sunglasses, with trademark signs, were detained by customs officers at the "Captain Andreevo" Customs Point. The goods were seized due to suspicions of intellectual property rights violations. They were discovered during separate inspections of two trucks, one bus and one passenger car, entering the country from Turkey.
The largest quantity of textile products was discovered in a truck with Turkish registration on April 13, 2026. The driver - a Turkish citizen, presented regular documents for the transported groupage goods from Turkey via Bulgaria to Germany. After a centralized risk analysis, the truck was selected for a thorough customs inspection. During the control actions, 5,000 sports shorts with the logo of a world-famous brand were found among the declared goods.
The next day, during an inspection of another truck with Polish registration, 2,820 T-shirts with word and figurative images of three famous brands were found. The truck was transporting goods from Turkey to Poland.
680 “brand“ sunglasses were found in the personal luggage of a Romanian citizen traveling in a bus on the regular Istanbul-Bucharest route. The customs inspection was carried out on April 12, 2026. The next day, a Bulgarian citizen entering the country by car declared that he was carrying textile products, but during the inspection it was found that they had trademark markings. 180 blouses, t-shirts, towels and 70 pairs of socks were seized.
In compliance with European Regulation 608/2013 on the protection of intellectual property, the goods were seized. The owners of the respective trademarks will be notified of the cases.