Off the wire
• Urgent: 18-year-old woman arrested at UK airport on suspicion of terror offences  • Russian, U.S. companies seal 1-bln-USD deal on rocket engines supply  • 11 killed in eastern Ukraine as fighting deepens  • Hamburg's Lewis Holtby sidelined for ten weeks  • FTSE 100 closes high as oil prices rise  • Spanish stock market rises 0.56 pct, closes at 10,038 points  • 1st LD: U.S., British leaders oppose extra sanctions on Iran  • West African leaders meet to assess impact of anti-Ebola campaign  • Spain's bad loans ratio falls to 12.75 pct in November  • Liberian ports generate 26.9 mln USD in 2014 despite Ebola scare  
You are here: 　 Home

Austria arrests 12 in drug ring bust

Xinhua, January 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Austrian police arrested 12 suspects during a raid to a drug ring, a source from the police headquarters in Austria announced on Friday.

The suspects have allegedly sold 2.5 kg of heroin and 4 kg of marijuana in Vienna and surrounding areas since October 2014, with an estimated street value of almost 140,000 U.S. dollars.

Police searched six houses in Vienna and Lower Austria in December and found heroin, marijuana, marijuana plantations, cash, cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms during the raid.

Police arrested the suspects between Dec. 23 to 28. They include two Serbs who transported the drugs from Belgrade to Vienna, who aged 24 and 30 years, respectively, and two men both of whom aged 23, and eight drug dealers.

All suspects are being held in the Josefstadt prison in Vienna. According to the police, 40 buyers of the drugs were also reported. Endit