Balgarianovinite.com Chief Commissioner Zahari Vaskov, Director of the National Police General Directorate, Wednesday told MPs that a probe had been ordered into the issuance of firearms permits to people found dead in the Petrohan case.
Three bodies, identified as Ivaylo Ivanov, Plamen Statev and Decho Vasilev, were found in the Petrohan lodge in Northwestern Bulgaria on February 2, the Interior Ministry said. On February 8, two men – identified as Ivaylo Kalushev and Nikolay Zlatkov – and a 15-year-old boy, all of whom had occupied that property, were found dead with gunshot wounds in a camper van. Ivaylo Kalushev was owner of the Petrohan lodge and head of an NGO styling itself “National Protected Areas Control Agency”.
A firearms permit was issued in the name of Ivaylo Ivanov by the Police Precinct Department in Montana (Northwestern Bulgaria) on August 23, 2021. The permit includes 16 items, among them five smoothbore shotguns, three rifled bore carbines and two barrels for smoothbore shotguns. Vaskov said he had ordered a probe into the way permits were issued by the Dangerous Weapons Control Service.
Ivaylo Kalushev was issued a permit on November 1, 2021, again by the Police Precinct Department in Montana, for a Glock and a Colt pistol.
Nikolay Zlatkov held a permit for one Heckler & Koch pistol, issued on February 24, 2023.
In Vaskov’s words, a large number of the weapons were also found at the scene. Because of the fire, it has yet to be established whether the remaining items correspond to the permits issued.
The Interior Minister has ordered an inspection of all reports submitted by and against the National Protected Areas Control Agency, Vaskov said.
In 2022, the National Police General Directorate was tipped off about an agreement signed between the NGO and the Environment Ministry. An inspection was carried out by the economic police, additional materials were obtained, statements were taken, and the case file was forwarded to the Sofia City Prosecution Office (SCPO), Vaskov said. In 2024, two identical reports were filed in which the NGO was mentioned; they were submitted by grandparents who complained that a child’s parents failed to provide adequate care and that the grandparents’ access to the child was restricted. An inspection was conducted and the reports were attached to the existing case file sent to the SCPO. Probe Ordered into Issuance of Firearms Permits in Petrohan Case 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-11 17:23:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law