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British tourists fined for a ruck in Bansko

Mon, Jan 05 2009 13:04 CET 439 Views

The Municipal court in Razlog sentenced three British tourists to 200 leva each.

The three were accused of refusing to pay their bill in a Bansko restaurant and starting a fight.

The fight broke out between the three British tourists and staff of the establishment, after which the men were apprehended by the police.

They have been kept under arrest for 24 hours and charged with minor hooliganism, the Interior Ministry and the Razlog police reported, as quoted by Bulgarian news agency BTA.

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