A court docket in Bulgaria has ordered the pre-trial detention of a Nigerian nationwide after prosecutors accused him of presenting a cast residence allow to frame officers at Sofia airport.
The Sofia District Prosecution Workplace mentioned on Tuesday that the order adopted a request it filed earlier than the district court docket.
Prosecutors recognized the suspect solely by the initials I.A., saying he faces legal legal responsibility for utilizing a cast Bulgarian residence allow.
In accordance with the prosecution, the incident occurred on January 9 at about 9:41 am throughout checks carried out underneath compensatory border-control measures for passengers leaving the nation.
The prosecution mentioned I.A. introduced the solid doc to an officer on the border management checkpoint of Vasil Levski Sofia Airport.
Pre-trial proceedings have been subsequently opened within the matter, and the suspect was initially detained for as much as 72 hours.
A prosecutor later filed a movement earlier than the Sofia District Court docket, in search of the suspect’s remand in custody.
The court docket granted the request and imposed essentially the most extreme safety measure of detention, the prosecution mentioned.
It added that the ruling could also be appealed earlier than the Sofia Metropolis Court docket.