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Six arrests after major heroin haul in Blagoevgrad

Tue, Jul 07 2009 12:46 CET byNick Iliev 1135 Views 1 Comment
Six arrests after major heroin haul in Blagoevgrad

Bulgarian special branch/counter-terrorist police unit conducting drills.

A multi-national task force aimed at tackling international drug trafficking on the territory of Blagovgrad municipality led to six arrests and the seizure of more than 111kg of heroin on July 6 following the operation, Focus news reported.

The heroin's origin was Afghanistan, en route to Macedonia. It was a joint operation conducted by the Ministry of Interior's drugs branch and special branch, as well as Macedonian police, and police agencies operating in Bucharest, Romania and Istanbul.

It was revealed that after meticulous investigation and surveillance, officers confirmed that more than "100kg of heroin were held in an address on Shar Planina st in Blagoevgrad".

Late on June 6pm at 10.30pm, six individuals made an attempt to shift the cargo with two vehicles. The special police unit moved in and apprehended the 50 year old Kossovo national S.N, four Macedonian citizens, two of them with temporary Bulgarian residential permits, T.F aged 27 and D.N aged 29, M.M aged 40 and R.D aged 26 who had no permits to reside in Bulgaria and the local L.A, aged 23 from Blagoevgrad.

The men have been apprehended and a criminal case has been opened.

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Anonymous Valeri Mon, Aug 10 2009 20:10 CET
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" The special police unit moved in and apprehended the 50 year old Kossovo national S.N, four Macedonian citizens, two of them with temporary Bulgarian residential permits, T.F aged 27 and D.N aged 29, M.M aged 40 and R.D aged 26 who had no permits to reside in Bulgaria and the local L.A, aged 23 from Blagoevgrad."

See! Who says that we can't get along in the Balkans?
Look at this international crew!.
Politicians should learn from this spirit of cooperation!

BTW good to see that some Makedonians are putting their Bulgarian papers to good use....


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