Bulgaria seizes 163 kilos of heroin
Bulgarian customs seized 163 kg of heroin worth an estimated US$ 20mn at a border checkpoint with Serbia.
Sunday, 11.03.2007.
14:37
Bulgaria seizes 163 kilos of heroin
"This is the second largest heroin haul at a Bulgarian border checkpoint in the past 5 years," the customs office said in a statement.Bulgaria, which straddles one of the main drug-trafficking routes between Europe and southwest Asia, seized 8.4 tonnes of drugs, including 460 kg of heroin, in 2006.
Since joining the European Union in January, it has tightened border controls and vowed to fight widespread organized crime and corruption.
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