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Heroin hidden in sauerkraut in Bulgaria

Fri, Oct 30 2009 11:47 CET

byGabriel Hershman

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Heroin hidden in sauerkraut in Bulgaria

Police in Plovdiv seized more than 50 kilogrammes hidden in cans of sauerkraut, according to a statement from prosecutors on October 29.

Eight people were arrested while attempting to transport the drugs in a van.

Plovdiv prosecutor Marin Peltekov said that the drugs were destined for distribution within the country.

In another incident police arrested three people after the Bulgarian customs agency seized 45 kg of heroin in a tourist bus that entered Bulgaria via the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing with Turkey.

The drugs were separated into 90 packages and sprinkled with red pepper so that sniffer dogs could not detect the scent.

Hundreds of kilogrammes of heroin are seized at Bulgaria's borders every year and doctors are constantly warning of the rising incidence of heroin use in the country.

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