Truck driver from town of Galabovo sentenced to life imprisonment in Iran
Article published from BTA on 2009-11-10 10:00:00Category: Accidents in Gulabovo
A Bulgarian truck driver has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Iran for drug trafficking, Bulgarian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Dragovest Goranov said Monday.
Zhivko Roussev (55 years-old from Galabovo) was arrested in September last year in the Northwestern Iranian town of Tabriz in an operation of the local drug control authorities when 135 kg of heroin were found in a secret compartment in his truck. He insists that he is innocence and had no knowledge of the secret compartment and the heroin in it.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the Bulgarian government believes in the principle of innocence until proven otherwise and will encourage Roussev to appeal the judgment at the two higher instances he is allowed. He pledged the Foreign Ministry`s continued support for the Bulgarian man. Goran said that "there is light in the tunnel" because Roussev did not get the death sentence.
Zhivko Roussev (55 years-old from Galabovo) was arrested in September last year in the Northwestern Iranian town of Tabriz in an operation of the local drug control authorities when 135 kg of heroin were found in a secret compartment in his truck. He insists that he is innocence and had no knowledge of the secret compartment and the heroin in it.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the Bulgarian government believes in the principle of innocence until proven otherwise and will encourage Roussev to appeal the judgment at the two higher instances he is allowed. He pledged the Foreign Ministry`s continued support for the Bulgarian man. Goran said that "there is light in the tunnel" because Roussev did not get the death sentence.
