Bulgarians controlled the high levels of cocaine trafficking from Latin America to Europe, drug enforcement chief Stanimir Florov told a news conference on November 28 2006.

They rented yachts and crews in Bulgaria's coastal cities to transfer the drugs, Florov said.

Currently police in several countries are investigating a huge international cocaine smuggling scheme, in which tens of Bulgarians were involved.

Bulgarians held high positions in the smuggling scheme, Florov said. The majority of these people had emigrated mainly to Spain because they already had sentences in Bulgaria.

Florov also said that five Bulgarians were detained while carrying nine kg of heroin in Spain.

The drug was destined from Bulgaria to Spain where it would have been sold on double prices.