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News (Media Awareness Project) - Bulgaria: Wire: Bulgarian customs make big heroin haul
Title:Bulgaria: Wire: Bulgarian customs make big heroin haul
Published On:1997-04-15
Source:Reuter, April 14,1997
Fetched On:2008-09-08 16:52:36
Bulgarian customs make big heroin haul

SOFIA, April 14 (Reuter) Bulgarian customs said on Monday they had seized
29.5 kg (65 lb) of heroin at the main checkpoint on the border with Turkey.

Customs spokesman Ivan Kutevski said the heroin was found concealed in a
Yugoslavregistered car carrying two Yugoslavs at the Kapitan Andreevo
checkpoint.

Bulgaria, which lies on the socalled ``Balkan route'' for drug trafficking
to western Europe, has seized a total of 130.9 kg (288 lb) of heroin this
year.
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