The military personnel were deployed after a plan for joint action by the Ministry of Interior and Defence Ministry was activated on May 28, the statement said.
The military were carrying out foot and mechanised patrols, staffing observation posts and maintaining a rapid reaction force for deployment in critical areas, the Defence Ministry said.
So far, 30 mechanised and 26 foot patrols had been carried out and there were 12 observation posts.
The military were deployed the same day that it was announced that two groups of people had attempted to illegally cross the border from Greece into Bulgaria in the area for which Border Police headquartered in Petrich were responsible.
One of the groups entered Bulgaria across the border not far from Kulata checkpoint and the other was found in a goods train coming from Greece. The two groups, together adding up to 96 people, reportedly were found using heartbeat detector equipment.
Both groups were detained and the first was returned to Greece within a day, in terms of international agreements on return. The other group was to be returned within the next few days, officials said on May 29...
[sofiaglobe.com]
30/5/16
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