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Customs police incinerate drugs worth 119M leva

Tue, Dec 08 2009 11:04 CET

byNick Iliev

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Customs police incinerate drugs worth 119M leva

Bulgarian customs police have destroyed 531kg of drugs, worth in excess of 119 million leva, Focus news agency reported on December 8 2009.

Of the 531kg, 389kg were heroin, 109kg were marijuana, 29kg were amphetamines as well as a number of other forbidden substances, the authorities had said. Customs officers told Bulgarian media that the street value of the destroyed drugs is more than 119 million leva.

Reportedly, the only quantities of drugs destroyed are those for which the prosecution has handed out sentences to the culprits. Over nine years, the Bulgarian customs police had destroyed in excess of 22 tons and 250kg of drugs, authorities said.

Two years ago , on November 2007, 886 kg of narcotics were burned in the incinerator of Aleksandrovska hospital. More than 480kg of marijuana, 161kg of amphetamines, 196kg of heroin and 28kg of hashish were torched.

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Anonymous Dianne Hatton Tue, Dec 08 2009 18:44 CET
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And now the real figures. Of 531Kg confiscated only 100kg has been destroyed and the remaining 431kg has been re-distributed within Bulgaria and into the EU. Giving someone who earns 500lvs a month €119M worth of drugs to dispose of and expecting it to happen...Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha


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