Heroin Worth BGN 3M Seized at Bulgarian – Turkish Border

Crime | August 22, 2014, Friday // 15:49
Bulgaria: Heroin Worth BGN 3M Seized at Bulgarian – Turkish Border Archive photo by BGNES.

Bulgaria’s Customs Agency said on Friday it has seized heroin worth BGN 3M at Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint, at the border with Turkey.

A total of 60 packs of heroin were hidden in a Bulgarian-registered van that traveled to Bulgaria from Turkey. The total amount of the seized drug is 31.380 kg, Nova Tv reports.

The car driver, who is a Bulgarian citizen, was taken into custody.

Two other foreign citizens have been detained for complicity.

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