Sat, Feb 11 2012

Swiss police apprehend Bulgarian with 14kg of heroin

Fri, Sep 04 2009 11:14 CET

byNick Iliev

1815 Views 1 Comment
Swiss police apprehend Bulgarian with 14kg of heroin

A Bulgarian anti-terrorist policeman guards a furnace at Kremikovtzi, the country's biggest steel mill, on the outskirts of Sofia November 22, 2002 while authorities destroy 956 kg of drugs, including 669 kg of heroin

Swiss police carried out what has been described as a "special operation" following a tip off from Bulgarian police, resulting in the arrest of a Bulgarian national carrying more than 14kg of heroin on September 3 in the Swiss town of Bellinzona, the press office of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry has said
 
The joint Bulgarian-Swiss operation was conducted employing elements from the Chief Directorate for Combating Organised and Heavy Crime and the Chief Criminal Police Directorate, reports say.
 
The Bulgarian, a 35-year-old native of Sofia, was arrested while processing a deal involving a 14kg package of  heroin. A total of five people were detained following the operation. Along with the Bulgarian national, authorities arrested three Serbs and a Swiss citizen, also involved in the scheme.

According to Focus news agency, the Sofia resident has a criminal record but attracted police attention while a parallel operation was investigating a suspected drug-smuggling channel from Turkey  to Switzerland via Bulgaria.

Subsequently, he was placed under surveillance and his whereabouts and activities were forwarded to the relevant Swiss authorities.

  • Print
  • Send via email
  • Translate to
  • Share:
Tags:

Comments

Anonymous adam Sat, Sep 05 2009 09:56 CET
Report Comment

International cooperation.... great news.


To post comments, please, Login or Register.


Please read the The Sofia Echo forum comments policy.

Foreign Ministry warns Bulgarians against being drug mules

There are more than 300 Bulgarian nationals currently serving time in Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Italy, France and a number of other countries, in Europe and elsewhere. Some of them face particularly tough sentences

Police seize 28kg of heroin at Turkish border

28.4kg of heroin, with an estimated street value of about 3.5 million leva, was discovered at the Malko Turnovo check point

More in this category

Auction reveals Ceausescu’s personal age of plenty

Iranian silver-plated pigeons, African leopard skins and a Chinese bronze yak were among the 70 items sold in an auction of gifts presented to Romania’s former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena.

EC praises airports for progress in dealing with extreme weather

Airports were also showing signs of better co-ordination and providing passengers with accurate real-time information, compared to previous period of travel disruption, transport commissioner Siim Kallas said.

Hungary's PM condemns international critics amid economic uncertainty

Viktor Orban defends government's record, new constitution in state-of-the-nation address as he slams European Commission.

Polish PM, digitalisation minister hold public debates on ACTA ratification

PM Donald Tusk invited authors, NGOs, experts and bloggers to a debate on the ACTA copyright agreement, but several key organisations, including the Helsinki Foundation, rejected the invitation claiming that the talks will likely offer no opportunity to discuss concrete issues.

Protesters clash in Budapest as controversial theatre director takes stage

'Dirty Jews' and 'Dirty Nazis' were the most popular chants when two groups clashed in front of Új Színház (New Theatre)

© 2000-2012, Sofia Echo Media Ltd.

Web Design by RIZN

Sofia Echo Media is part of the Economedia Group.
The news and information content on this website is provided by our editorial team and is copyrighted. Any unauthorised reproduction or use of it is strictly forbidden. Reproduction of this website's content is permitted only with prior written permission from the Editor-in-Chief, should be propertly acredited and provide an active link back to our site. Comments posted by the website's visitors are independent of the editorial materials and do not represent the views of sofiaecho.com. Sofia Echo Media cannot be held responsible for the statements contained in visitor comments. The percentаge change in the shares' prices are based on the price of the last transaction of the current session compared to the price of the last transaction of the previous session. Bulgarian Stock Exchange data is not real-time, but updated every 15 minutes, and should not be used as a basis for decisions about buying or selling stock options.