Bulgarian citizen Evelin Banev Nicolov, also known as "Brendo" sau "Igor", was sentenced to 14 years in prison for drug trafficking by the Bucharest Court.

Nicolov has been accused of introducing over 51 kilograms of cocaine in Romania in April 2012, reports local Agerpres. He is known as one of the most important drug dealers in Europe, and is also dubbed in the press “the cocaine king”.

He was prosecuted by the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) in June 2014. The prosecutors found that the man introduced over 51 kilograms of cocaine in Romania in April 2012. The drugs were then delivered to other people with the help of another Bulgarian citizen, Radoslav Georgiev Atanasov, who was also sent to court by the DIICOT prosecutors.

The Bucharest Court’s sentence is not final.

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