The drug bosses avoid the border checkpoint "Gradina" (Garden) because it is considered the most successful customs in Europe in the fight against drug trafficking, according to a publication in the Serbian newspaper "Press."

The publication cites the Director of the Customs in Dimitrovgrad (Serbia), who states that in the last seven years one ton of heroin, opium and hashish and half million of drug pills and other narcotics have been confiscated that border checkpoint located between Bulgaria and Serbia.

For many drug traffickers, "Gradina" has become a critical stopping point for the Balkan drug routes coming from Afghanistan, Lebanon and through Turkey, Bulgaria and Serbia leading to Western Europe.

More than 95% of the drug trafficking has been transfered to Kosovo, which had become the leading supplier of illegal drugs for Europe. The newly created Balkan State has also become the headquarters of the most powerful drug bosses and cartels with a huge portion of the drugs being transported through inaccessible mountain ridges by people riding specially trained horses and without a huge risk for the drug traffickers, according to the Dimitrovgrad's Customs Director, who adds that traffickers also use Romania in order to avoid the "Gradina" checkpoint.

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