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Bulgaria seizes 34.2 kg of heroin at border with Turkey

Xinhua, March 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Bulgarian customs officers have seized 34.217 kg of heroin at the country's Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint near the border with Turkey, officials said here on Tuesday.

According to the National Customs Agency (NCA), the officers found the illicit drug in a BMW car, in which from Iran through Turkey and Bulgaria to Britain were traveling two British citizens of Iranian origin.

The heroin, split into 45 packets, was hidden in a secret compartment into the trunk, NCA said.

Authorities estimated the value of the heroin on the black market would exceed 2.2 million U.S. dollars.

The Balkan country, a key transit route for drugs smuggled from Asia to Europe, has seized more than 1 ton of heroin in 2014. Endit