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Heroin worth two million leva confiscated at Kapitan Andreevo

Sat, Jan 10 2009 14:09 CET

byNick Iliev

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More than 23kg of heroin was confiscated at Kapitan Andreevo check-point on the border with Turkey, during a search by the border police, Bulgaria's Interior Ministry said on January 10. The drugs were apprehended from a vehicle with Dutch registration, travelling from Turkey to Holland.

The drugs were in 40 different packages, concealed in a specially designed compartments within the vehicle itself, the ministry said, adding that the drugs were estimated to be worth in excess of two million leva.

The 42-year-old driver, who hails from Holland, has been apprehended and is due to face charges.

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Anonymous Valeri Fri, Aug 07 2009 21:30 CET
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Every day there's news like that where BG catches drugs going to Europe. We are in that location for better or worse!

A simple "thank you" would do, as opposed to all that venom I see here when a Bulgarian is implicated in something... sick and tired of westerners using those facts to justify their natural racism...


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