100 Bulgarian nationals have been arrested in 2008 in South American countries for drug trafficking

100 Bulgarian nationals have been arrested in 2008 in South American countries for drug trafficking, Bulgarian news agency BGNES quoted Bulgarian National Radio on January 19 2009.They had been caught trafficking drug from South America to Europe and in most cases were people with previous criminal offences or people with low incomes who had been promised easy money in return.The Bulgarians, mostly in their 20s and 30s, have been involved on the drug trafficking by Nigerian traffickers, BNR said. According to the BNR, there were two or three groups of Nigerians currently operating in Bulgaria, searching for people willing to become “mules” for them and bring drugs from South America to Europe.The starting point of most trips from Europe to South America were Istanbul, Madrid, Barcelona and Brussels, BNR said.Each “mule” could swallow between 800 and 100 grams of cocaine. The standard pay for the service was 1000 euro a person a trip. The “mules” got their money trough courier services.