Bulgarian customs officers seize 35.5kg of heroin

06/01/2009

SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Customs officials seized 35.5kg of heroin Monday (January 5th) in a car with Dutch plates whose driver allegedly planned to cross into Serbia and continue to Western Europe. Authorities arrested the driver, a Turkish national, after confiscating the drugs in his possession at the Kalotina checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Serbian border. Police seized a total of 1.1 tonnes of heroin in Bulgaria last year. (Darik, Standart, Makfax, MIA - 05/01/09)