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Slovenian police smash big drug trafficking ring

Xinhua, November 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Slovenian police announced on Friday that they have confiscated 865 kilogrammes of drugs and smashed one of the biggest international drug trafficking rings in Europe.

Head of Slovenian crime investigators, Branko Japelj, told local media that in cooperation with the specialised state prosecution, the national criminal investigators wrapped up the investigation into a ring which trafficked drugs across several European countries.

The case which involved 28 people operating in 14 countries, was one of the biggest international busts in recent years, Slovenian Press Agency (STA) reported, quoting Japelj.

The confiscated drugs included 216 kilo of hashish, 38 kilo of cocaine, 45 kilo of heroin, 123 kilo of amphetamines and 443 kilo of cannabis.

Slovenian Koper police filed criminal complaints against 19 suspects, among them one minor, for crimes carrying prison sentences of between five and 15 years. 13 of the suspects are from Slovenia, two are from the Netherlands, three from Bosnia and Herzegovina and one is Serbian national.

The investigating judge has ordered detention for five suspects, while European arrest warrants have been issued for three suspects in the Netherlands.

The majority of drugs travelled from Spain, the Netherlands and Italy to Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Finland and Sweden. (1 euro = 1.06 U.S. dollars) Endit